No leads yet in Shehla Masood's death

August 16, 2011 13:52

Details on activist Shehla Masood's death have just come in.

The RTI activist was today allegedly shot dead by an unidentified man in front of her residence in the posh Koh-e-Fiza locality in Bhopal when she was sitting in her car. The motive and details of the killing are awaited, but a hunt has been launched to nab the assailant.
Shehla, who sat on a fast in Bhopal recently in support of Anna Hazare's 'India Against Corruption' campaign had also been working on a number of other projects, including wildlife conservation. She was actively involved in raising issues related to the deaths of tigers in the various sanctuaries of
Madhya Pradesh.

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