KBI: Srinivasu Dasari investigation records

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the The Kansas Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

All investigation records related to the August 1984 disappearance of Srinivasu Dasari. Numerous articles have appeared online, and Dasari's disappearance was describe in a book, as having possibly been related to threats from a Sikh terror group called Jamaat al-Fuqra.

Mr. Dasari's disappearance is profiled on the KBI's website: https://www.kbi.ks.gov/MissingPersons/Search/Details/M121679635

According to Kansas State Bill 200, passed in the 2017 session:

The Kansas Open Records Act now holds that criminal investigative records does not include, "missing person investigations where the person has been missing for more than 25 years and such records were collected 15 or more years ago."

This means that records created in relation to the 1984 disappearance are now applicable to a public records request, up to those records created 15 years or more years ago. This would be records created and held by the KBI from August of 1984 to August of 2006.

The text of this legislation which indicates that there records are applicable to public records request can be found here: http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb200_00_0000.pdf

A news article about this legislation can e found here: https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/mar/08/bill-advances-senate-open-records-cold-case-files/

This requests asks for any "case file" or "cold case file" held by the KBI, as well as any documents related to:

-Speculation about the involvement of Jamaat al-Fuqra
-Guidance from the FBI regarding Sikh nationalism and anti-Hindu violence
-Speculation about involvement of a group that describe itself as the "Republic of Khalistan"
-Witness statements or interviews (longhand, transcribed, audio-taped, or video-taped) related to the Dasari case
-Media requests from 1984 to 2006 about the Dasari case
-Correspondence with the Pierce County Washington Sheriff's Department about similarities to other violence targeting Hindus

Thank you for your assistance with this request, and I look forward to working as long as it may need to take to see this request resolved. Thank you for the KBI's commitment to transparency.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Robert Delaware