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West Bengal 


1. Custodial Death 386 

384 

2. Encounter Death 390 

3. Police Acquiescence 394 

4. Police Torture 444 

5. Police Violence 471 

6. Extra Judicial Killing 484 

7. Police Firing 490 

8. Police Rape (Violence Against Women) 492 

Annual Report on Torture 

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01-Custodial Death 

2007

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Susmita Roy Chowdhury) 

District –South 24parganas / MAR-29.03.2008/ S. NO- 149 

Victim(s) : (Late) Mohammad Shamim 

Perpetrator(s) : Police 

Location : Bangur Hospital, Kolkata 

Date of incident : 20/03/2008 

Case Details: 

Victim Mohammed Shamim was a worker in Crown Cinema Hall. There was a dispute between his 

wife and himself regarding the marriage of Shamim’s sister. The groom’s family demanded a huge 

dowry and the victim assured to give them, which became a breach between the couple. His wife 

committed suicide setting herself on fire, the result of which a complaint was filed against Shamim by his 

in-laws. He was arrested by the police of Jadavpur Police Station along with his mother and two sisters. 

They were sentenced to life term imprisonment. Unfortunately Shamim passed away on 20 th March 

2008 during night in the jail. His mother and sister were informed that he died of heart attack, but the family 

doubted for he had died under judicial custody. The same day the body of the deceased was put in the 

morgue of Bangur Hospital, where it was kept in the open, leading to decomposition. Finally post 

mortem was conducted only on 26 th March 2008, i.e. after the media and the government took the case 

seriously. Jamila Khanam (a) Munni Bibi, one of the sisters of the deceased lodged a complaint before 

the SHRC. The last desire of Shamim’s mother and sisters to see the victim was also not fulfilled, owing 

to the procedures in the jail administration. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Susmita Roy Chowdhury) District –South 

24parganas / APR-12.04.2008/ S.NO- 152 

Victim(s) : (Late) Paran Molla 

Perpetrator(s) : OIC 

Location : Pakagola, Kasipur 


Case Details: 

Victim Paran Molla is a mentally ill patient, residing in Bhagabanpur village. The victim has a maternal 

uncle named Jamat Gazi, who was a deity of Mazar. On 18 th March 2008 Paran Molla struck his uncle 

with a stone on his head, ultimately leading to his death. The people of the locality witnessed this and beat 

up Paran. Police arrived at the place and arrested the victim. But he died in police custody on 22 nd 

March 2008. The wife of the deceased denied giving any facts about the incident, and it seems that the 

family of the deceased victim is afraid of the police, and don’t want to take any action against them, 

despite the fact that Paran died under police custody. The police officials also denied giving any information 

regarding the incident. 


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FF Code : W.B./ Mon (Susmita Roy Choudhury) 

District- South 24 Parganas/ Feb-16/02/2008/Sl. No.-137 

Victim(s) : (Late) Rabi Das 


Location : Metiabruj PS, South 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Rabi Das, aged 55, was a resident of Harihar Pally village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Metiabruj Police Station. The victim was arrested by few officials of Metiabruj Police Station neither 

issuing any memo of arrest, nor informing his family members about it, thereby violating the D.K. Basu 

judgment. At night the victim died in the police lock-up. The victim was taken to Garden Reach Hospital 

in a deceased condition, and the police officials created pressure upon the duty doctor to issue a death 

certificate, but the doctor sent the body for post mortem. The post mortem was conducted on 13 th 

February 2008 and the copy of the report was not given to family of the deceased. Rabi Das’ wife came 

to know of his death only from the mouth of local people. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Aditi Kar)/ 

District- Kolkata / Jan-01/01/2008/ Sl.No.-104 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Raju Roy 2) Gouri Roy 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Correctional Home Officials 2) RPF 3) Police 

Location : Medical College Hospital, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Raju Roy, aged 35 was a resident of Charaktala, falling under the jurisdiction of Sankrail Police 

Station. He was married to Gouri Roy and they have a son aged 10 and a daughter aged 8 years. On 

11 th December 2007 the victim was arrested by two policemen from RPF (Railway Protection Force), 

who were clad in civilian attire. They neither produced the memo of arrest nor informed his family. He 

was alleged under the Unlawful Possession of Railway Property Act. On 12 th December 2007 Gouri 

came to know from Howrah Court that her husband was seriously ill. She went to the Correctional 

Home and found Raju being helped out by two prisoners. He was not able to stand and speak either. On 

14 th December 2007 Raju Roy died in the Medical College Hospital, and nobody informed Gouri about 

his death. A Radiogram message disclosed the news. From 15 th December 2007 to 19 th December 

2007 Gouri faced difficulties in getting back her husband’s body for cremation after the post mortem. The 

jail authorities and the police officials of Bowbazar Police Station asked her to bring the identity proof of 

her husband and the affidavit to deliver the body, for there was a confusion of names. She was 

repeatedly sent back to bring the original certificates. Thus the body was delivered to her only after the 

intervention of the human rights organization. There were suspicious injury marks all over the body of 

the deceased and it proves the fact that Raju had suffered torture in the hands of the Railway Police. 


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District- Kolkata / Jan-08/01/2008/ Sl.No.-105 

Victim(s) : (Late) Samir Chatterjee 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Correctional Home Officials 2) Medical College Authorities 

Location : R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital, Kolkata 

Date of incident : 03/01/2008 – 07/01/2008 

Case Details: 

Victim Samir Chatterjee, aged 50 was a resident of Kushumpur village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Ghola Police Station. The victim was arrested by the Ghola Police on 3 rd September 2006 under the 

Arms Act, and remanded thereafter at Dumdum Correctional Home. On 7 th September 2007 Samir 

was admitted in the jail hospital, for he was suffering from abdomen pain with vomiting, with a past history 

of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The victim was discharged after two days and once again 

admitted on 24 th December 2007. Samir was referred to R.G. Kar College Hospital at Kolkata on 2 nd 

January 2008, where he expired the next day. On 4 th January 2008 the body was taken by the constable 

of Tala Police Station to Nilratan Sarkar College Hospital for post mortem. But the relatives of the 

deceased were not present at the time of inquest. Mr. N.N. Malik, the ASI of Ghola Police Station denied 

giving information regarding the case. It is to be noted is that the post mortem was done only after 24 

hours. 


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389 

02-Encounter Death 

2007

FF Code : W.B./ Mon (Gopen Chandra Sharma) / 

District-Murshidabad / Jan-31/01/08 / Sl.No.-161 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Akbar Seikh 2) Atahar Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Bikash Roy, BSF Official 2) PCs 

Location : Kaharpara, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Akbar Seikh (19), S/o Atahar Seikh was an agriculturist residing in Khamarpara village, falling 

under the jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. On 26 th January 2008, the victim went to his farm at 

Dakshin Mazar Dearh, along with his cousin Sanu Seikh and neighbour Nayan Seikh. They got 

permission from the BSF Jawans guarding at the Out-Post. Suddenly few people trespassed into the 

fields with the intention of transporting cattle into Bangladesh. Akbar raised objection, as a result of which 

a scuffle took place between the smugglers and the victim. Few jawans from the Out-Post rushed to the 

spot. They let the smugglers go, and detained Akbar. As the victim continued objecting he was shot on 

the left head side above the left ear. In order to conceal the crime the officials planted a wooden stick and 

a sharp weapon beside the body. Later on the body was handed over to Raninagar Police Station. It 

came to light that Akbar was implicated in an attempt to murder case, dated 26 th January 2008. The 

father of the deceased lodged a written complaint on 28 th January 2008 before the SP of Murshidabad, 

and written complaints were also send to the OIC of Raninagar Police Station by registered post urging 

immediate criminal case against the perpetrators; but all the efforts were in vain. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (Julfikar Ali) 

District- Murshidabad/Apr-01/04/2008/S.No.-187 

Victim(s) : An Unknown Person 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Wazir Chand, BSF Official 2) Soni Ram Inwati, BSF Commander 

Location : Araji Shibnagar, Jalangi 

Date of incident: 08/03/2008 

Case Details: 

On 8 th March 2008, a body was lying dead at Araji Shibnagar near the border, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. The body couldn’t be identified and it was stated that the person was 

found loitering in the area, and was shot dead by a BSF Official. The BSF Officials shot on his back with 

four bullets. They had also placed a grass pruning tool beside his body. The deceased was taken to 

Jalangi Police Station by tying the body to the back of a tractor. A criminal case was filed against the 

deceased victim alleging him of unlawful assembly, attempt to murder and assault against a public 

servant in discharging duty, dated 8 th March 2008. It came to light that the body of the victim was kept at 

the place of the incident for several hours without any medical attention. The inquest of the body was 

conducted in the absence of a magistrate and on 9 th March 2008 the body was sent to Berhampore 

Morgue for post mortem. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed) / 

District- 24 PGS (N)/ JAN-11/01/2008/ Sl No.-101 

Victim(s) : (Late) Basudeb Sarkar 

Perpetrator(s) : Binoy Bist, PC 

Location : Gobindapur Border Out Post, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Basudeb Sarkar, aged 30, was a farmer residing in Gobindapur, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Swarupnagar Police Station. BSF Officials entered the house of the victim violently and tried to take him 

but after the plea of his mother they went away. Basudeb was involved in smuggling cattle long back 

owing to poor family conditions, but later he recant. The BSF Officials didn’t let him go but arrested him 

one day along with Anup. The latter was released under bail but the victim was shot dead on 31 st 

December 2007. The investigation proved that he was shot with two bullets which pierced through his 

chest from a very close range. The officials took Basudeb to a far away hospital despite the fact that there 

was a hospital close by. The reason attributed by the officials is that the victim was shot dead by 

Constable Binoy Bist as he tried to escape carrying away a rifle. The post mortem was conducted by S. 

Barman of J.R. Dhar Hospital, Bongaon on 2 nd January 2008, two days after the death. Two cases were 

registered in Swarupnagar Police Station and Bongaon Police Station respectively by the BSF against 

Basudeb stating attempt to murder and unnatural death on 31 st December 2007. Lilima Sarkar, the wife 

of the deceased also filed a case on 1 st January 2008 in Swarupnagar Police Station. Constable Binoy 

was arrested in connection with the case and he managed to get bail from the Sessions’ Court. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON(S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/ 

District- North 24 PGS/ Jan- 02/01/2008/ Sl.No.-99 

Victim(s) : (Late) Bishnu Pada Roy 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Narayan Khatry, BSF Official 2) OIC 

Location : Angrail, Gaighata 


Case Details: 

Victim Bishnu Pada Roy, aged 32 was a resident of Angrail Uttar colony, falling within the jurisdiction of 

Gaighata Police Station. On 10 th December 2007 the victim went out of his house to meet his friend. 

Suddenly Kakoli, the wife of the victim heard the sound of firing. Bishnu didn’t return home till late and his 

wife was afraid to go out and search for it was night. In the morning she received news of the death of 

Bishnu. An unnatural death case was filed at Gaighata Police Station dated 11 th December 2007. The 

investigation was done by SI Aurobindo Ghosh and the post mortem was done at S.D. Hospital, 

Bongaon. The SI of Gaighata Police Station on inquiry admitted that the BSF Officials have established 

a reign of terror in the region. They would kill any victim in the name of encounter, be it an Indian or a 

Bangladeshi. It was later revealed that the victim was shot dead by Constable Narayan Khatry of BSF 


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for Bishnu had attacked him. The victim had once engaged in cattle smuggling. A mass petition from the 

villagers was sent to the Home Minister and copies to the DG, and IG of BSF. The brother of the 

deceased was threatened by the BSF Officials not to lodge any case against them and it is believed that 

the victim’s family received huge amount from the Officials to compromise the case. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/ 

District-24 PGS(N)/Feb-12/02/2008/ Sl No.-109 

Victim(s) : (Late) Faruk Biswas 

Perpetrator(s) : Akash Thapa, BSF Constable 

Location : Madhupur, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Faruk Biswas, S/o Hatem Ali Biswas was a resident of Madhupur, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Bagdah Police Station. His brother Manik Biswas was caught by few BSF Jawans, alleging him of 

being involved in illegal practices. Hatem begged the police to leave his son, owing to which they left him 

for the time being and waited for an opportune time. Accordingly on 2 nd February 2008 the youngest son 

of Hakem, namely Faruk was shot dead by Constable Akash Thapa. The BSF Officials rushed into the 

house of Hakem, dragged him out and stated that his son was lying dead. In order to color the crime, the 

BSF Officials kept a carton of Phensidyl drug in the body of the deceased and also an instrument beside 

his body that was used to cut the fencing wires. The police of Bagdah Police Station stated this death as 

an unnatural one. To protect themselves, the BSF Officials had already lodged a complaint against 

deceased Faruk, stating that he was shot dead while attempting to cross the border carrying the drug. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Julfikar Ali)/ District- Murshidabad/ Jan-19/01/2008/Sl.No-154 

Victim(s) : (Late) Masadul Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) PC 2) Sunoyon Basu, OIC 

Location : Bamnabad Out-Post, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Masadul Seikh, aged 22 was a resident of Char Ramchandrapur village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. The victim transported cattle across the border owing to his 

stringent economic conditions. Accordingly, Masadul was trying to transport a buffalo in the border area 

on 24 th December 2007. A police constable of BSF fired from his camp, causing a bullet to penetrate into 

the victim’s lower neck. He shot again on the victim’s head so as to kill him on the spot. After murdering 

the victim, the BSF tried to suppress the incident, and didn’t allow anybody to go near the place. SI 

Pradip Biswas of Raninagar Police Station arrived at the place with his force and identified the body as 

that of Masadul. The BSF on the other hand colored the murder as an encounter. Such kinds of 

activities have become a daily routine in the border area. People who bribe the BSF are set free and the 

others are killed. In contrast to such issues, the police of Raninagar refuse to take any complaints of 

torture and killing. 


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393 

03-Police Acquiescence 

2007

FF Code : W.B./MON (Subir Basu)/ 

District-Howrah/Jan-01/01/2008/Sl.No.-49 

Victim(s) : A 19 year old Girl 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) SP 3) Indrajit Ghorui 

Location : Kishorepur, Uluberia 


Case Details: 

The victim is a 19 year old girl. On 12 th November 2007 she went to ease herself during night. At that 

time, the victim was dragged to a bamboo bush by Indrajit Ghorui. He stuffed her mouth with a cloth and 

raped her. The father of the victim came searching for his daughter and caught Indrajit red handed. He 

brought him home and went to bring his parents, but Indrajit managed to escape. Following this the family 

of the victim approached Uluberia Police Station on 13 th November 2007 but the police refused to 

register the complaint. Though they appealed before the SDPO it too yielded no fruit. Even after 13 days 

of the incident, a complaint wasn’t registered. The medical department also dragged the victim to the 

hospital repeatedly without administering any treatment. The attention of media was drawn into the case, 

following which Uluberia Police Station received the complaint on 5 th December 2007. Though the girl’s 

family requested Indrajit’s family to arrange for marriage they only received negatives responses. 


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FF Code : WB/Mon(Susmita Roy Chowdhury)/ 

South 24 Pgs/Aug- 17/03/08/Sl No –143 

Victim(s) : 1) Abul Kasem Molla 2) RSP Members 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Police 2) CPI(M) Members 

Location : Petuakhali, Basanti 


Case Details: 

On 1 st March 2008, 300 supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) attacked houses of RSP 

(Revolutionary Socialist Party) members in order to establish a reign of terror in Petuakhali region, 

which falls under the jurisdiction of Basanti Police Station. Those hooligans set fire on five houses and 

ransacked ten other houses. All these incidents took place in the presence of four officials of Amjhara 

Police Station. The RSP supporters were injured caused by the firing. Women were molested, gold 

ornaments were snatched away. Victim Abul Kasem Molla’s house was set alight, and all the furniture 

were broken with an axe. The gold ornaments were carried away. Tanbir Hasan Molla, the son of the 

victim was shot in his hand. Three members of the family lost their Admit Card of Secondary Examination 

during this attack. Many other victims were also injured, namely Hossain Molla, who too was shot 

down. The shop of Ilias Mondal was destroyed. Other sufferers were Sadikul Molla, Neorjan Bibi, Fajal 

Molla and Abdul Majid Molla. The perpetrators beat a pregnant daughter-in-law of Alauddin. Another 


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supporter Swapan Maiti was seriously injured on 28 th February 2008. All the victims hid themselves in 

the paddy field. The members of CPI(M) blocked the way to the Police Station and the Hospital. The 

police officials arrived at the place during night, within which all the perpetrators fled from the place. 

Nobody was arrested during all this happening. The same thing happened in a nearby village called 

Mollapara. Paddy fields were set on fire, shops were destroyed. On 2 nd March 2008, Basanti Police 

filed FIR against Jafar seikh, Musir Naia, Manirul, Jabdel Molla, Arjul Seikh, Najibar Molla and 60 other 

persons based on the complaint made by the victims but nobody was arrested. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON ( Gopen Chandra Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad / March- 20/03/2008/Sl.No.- 182 

Victim(s) : Aklema Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Anchhar Biswas 2) Subir Paul, OIC 3) Swapan Biswas, SI 

Location : Charparashpur Sushil Colony, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Aklema Bibi (21), W/o Golam Mostafa is a resident of Charparashpur Sushil Colony, falling 

under the jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. On 24 th February 2008 the mother of the victim was 

walking beside the field of Anchar Biswas with her goat, over which the latter quarreled. Aklema rushed 

to the place and argued with him, owing to which he pulled her hair and pushed her down. The victim 

was carrying at that time, and she was grievously injured. Aklema went to Jalangi Police Station, but the 

SI refused to receive the complaint. The victim sought the help of her neighbour Hadiul Seikh, who in turn 

talked with the SDPO to intervene and thereby lodge a general diary entry. Following this Aklema had to 

walk to the station repeatedly in order to be forwarded to the hospital. After much persuasion the OIC 

gave her the forwarded letter, and she received treatment at Sadhikhan Dearh Hospital. Anchar was 

arrested on 26 th March 2008 but he managed to come out on bail the same day. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON (S. Mokhtar Ahmed) 

District –North 24 Parganas / APR-15.04.2008/ SL.NO- 121 

Victim(s) : Residents of Angrail 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2) Dulal Sarkar 

Location : Angrail, North 24 Parganas 

Case Details: 

Dulal Sarkar is a resident of Angrail. Earlier he was working in the Railways, but all of a sudden Dulal 

established Jeevan Deep Nursing Home. The villagers were doubtful of his medical degree, for he had 

not passed any medical examination. The villagers grew angry after the incident of victim Kali Das 

Ghosh, another resident of the same village, who suffered harm in the hands of the doctor. The BSF 

Officials of the region were in protection for the doctor. An auction was conducted by the BSF after which 

the cattle are handed over to the smugglers. The BSF took signatures of Kali Das’ family on a blank 

paper, promising to get them money but it never happened. The said doctor came to know that an 

investigation was going on, and on 26 th March 2008 he went to Kali’s house, and tried convincing them. 

Thus he acted as an agent for the BSF in the illegal activities on one hand and negotiated with the villagers 

on the other hand. 


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FF Code : WB/ MON (S.Mukhtar Ahmed) 

District – 24 Parganas ( North)/ Aug-16.08.08/ SL No. 135 

Victim(s) : 1) Anita Shaw 2) Rajendra Prasad Shaw 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sudhir Kumar Ghosh, SI 2) Indrasan Shaw 3) Durga Shaw 

4) Shib Kumari Shaw 5)Raj Kumari Shaw 6) Raghunath Shaw 

7) Saroj Kumari Shaw 

Location : Kumar Singh Path, Khardah 


Case Details: 

Victim Rajendra Prasad Shaw, aged 45 is a resident of Kumar Singh Path, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Khardah Police Station. The mother of the victim left him and his sister Shib Kumari Shaw some 

property in Kumar Singh Path. After his mother’s death Rajendra resided in a small house constructed 

in the acquired land. He also possessed the ration card for the address. But Rajendra was regularly 

harassed by the above mentioned perpetrators trying to evacuate him from the property. The victim 

lodged a complaint at Khardah Police Station but in vain. Finally he filed a civil suit in the court. On 28 

th 

July 2008 while Rajendra was filling water in the buckets he was abused by the perpetrators and denied 

permission to fill water. He was also assaulted and Anita, the wife of the victim also received thrashes on 

her chest, abdomen and nose. Though a general diary entry was filed in the police station, they were 

turned to deaf ears and the police on the other hand detained them in the station while approaching them 

for help. The perpetrators were also summoned to the police station but released after they were bribed 

with Rs.500. Finally Rajendra was forced to pay Rs.100 for his release. All this mal practice took place 

in the presence of the SI of the station. 

FF Code : W.B. /MON (Aditi Kar) 

District-Kolkata / Feb- 16/02/2008/ Sl.No -111 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Anushila Bose 2) Saibal Bose 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Dr. Debasish Mukherjee 2) Dr. D.K. Neogi 3) Dr. Sukumar Das 

4) Dr. Debasis Chatterjee 5) Dr. Krishnendu Das 6) OIC 

7) Supriyo Pal, SI 8) Debjit Samanta, SI 

Location : Sterling Nursing Home, Kolkata 

Date of incident : 29/09/2005 

Case Details: 

Victim Anushila Bose, aged 5, was the only daughter for Saibal Bose and his wife. The victim was 

suffering from fever and was receiving treatment from Dr. Debasish Mukherjee. She was taken to 

Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine on 28 th September 2005. The doctors suggested for dengue test, 

but Dr. D.K. Neogi and Dr. Sukumar Das took no interest. The same day Anushila started vomiting and 

her urine was stopped. Her body temperature gradually declined, and she was shifted to Sterling 


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Nursing Home. Dr. Chatterjee and Dr. Das treated her and assured that she will be completely cured the 

next day. On 29 th September 2005 early in the morning Anushila’s belly started swelling and she was 

declared dead at 07.00 pm. Complaints were lodged on 13 th November 2005. Three doctors surrendered 

before Bankshall Court. The court ordered a forensic test. The body was exhumed on 9 th January 

2006, and the post mortem report revealed that the child was suffering from Dengue Shock Syndrome. 

There were traces of blood in the lower jaw, gums and the skull. Saibal gave complaints to the West 

Bengal Medical Council. The Registrar of the Council, Mr. D.K. Ghosh gave a clean chit to the doctors 

stating that the negligence against the doctors could not be substantiated. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed) / 

District- 24 PGS (N) / JAN-30/01/2008/ Sl No.-105 

Victim(s) : (Late) Aparna Bhowmick 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Police 2) OIC 3) Sayak Bhowmick 4) Swapan Bhowmick 

5) Laxmi Bhowmick 

Location : Saptagram, Nimta 



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Case Details: 

Victim Aparna Bhowmick, aged 19, was a resident of Saptagram village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Nimta Police Station. The victim was married to Sayak Bhowmick on 24 th October 2007. Her marital life 

was not happy for she was subjected to physical and mental torture, demanding dowry. On 9 th January 

2008 the family members of Aparna were informed about her ill health. They rushed to see her hanging 

from the roof. They noticed several marks of injury all over her body. Aparna was found in a room which 

was locked from outside. Her hands were closed tightly. It was predicted that she should have been 

murdered and hanged thereafter in order to color the incident. The body was forcefully removed by the 

police before all the relatives could arrive. The mother-in-law of Aparna was first taken to the police 

station and released immediately due to pressure from the local CPI(M) member. It came to light of late 

that the victim had witnessed her mother-in-law and this leader indulge in illicit relations, which was the 

reason behind her demise. The victim’s family went to Nimta Police Station to lodge complaint against 

the in-laws but the SI forced the brother of Aparna to write down according to his dictate, stating that his 

sister voluntarily committed suicide, and duly sign. When protested, the SI threatened to put them behind 

the bars if they failed to oblige. A case was started and Sayak surrendered before Barrackpore Court, 

but police failed to arrest the mother-in-law of the victim, and her accomplice Shayamal Chakraborty 

who were culpably involved behind the death of Aparna. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma) 

District –Murshidabad / FEB-26/02/2008/ Sl.NO- 173 

Victim(s) : Arjan Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Alimul Haque (a) Bulu 2) Samrat Phani, OIC s 

Location : Pawli village, Sagardighi 


Case Details: 

Victim Arjan Bibi (25), W/o Anowar Hossain, resides in Pawli village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Sagardighi Police Station. Anowar is a mason and often stayed away from the house, owing to his 

profession. Arjan took care of her three children in the absence of her husband. Alimul Haque (a) Bulu 

of the same village often disturbed the victim to satisfy his sexual urge. She refused his proposal, and 

informed the matter to her brother-in-law and few neighbours. They inquired the matter and threatened 

Alimul to approach the police. Knowing this, Alimul send his wife and mother-in-law to Arjan assuring to 

pay money. On 11 th January 2008 while the victim was in her house, Alimul came and tried to outrage 

her modesty. As the victim shouted her son came for help, following which he ran away. Arjan and her 

husband went to Sagardighi Police Station for lodging a complaint, but the police didn’t take any action. 

The perpetrator has not been arrested yet. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad /Jan - 24/01/2008/Sl.No.-159 

Victim(s) : Asema Khatun 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) IIC 2) Kali Charan Dutta, SI 3) Premasis Chatterjee, SI 

4) Arab Seikh 5) Imran Seikh 6) Ruhul Amin 7) Hanif Molla 

Location : Muraripur village, Domkal 


Case Details: 

Victim Asema Khatun (15), D/o Jele Rahaman, is a resident of Muraripur village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Domkal Police Station. The victim was kidnapped by Arab, Imran, Ruhul and Hanif of the 

same village on 3 rd December 2007. She was taken to Kachia Mora village, where Arab forcibly 

married her and sexually abused her several times. On 4 th December 2007 Jele Rahaman came to 

know of the matter and went to Domkal Police Station. But the SI refused to receive the complaint, and 

after the intervention of the IIC a missing diary was registered on 6 th December 2007. But the police took 

no efforts to trace the missing girl. On 1 st January 2008 Domkal Police arrested Asema and Arab with 

the help of Ahasan Ali Mondal, and they were produced before the Court of CJM, Berhampore. Asema 

was released and Arab also managed to get bail with the help of the police. Jele Rahaman lodged a 

complaint with the SP of Murshidabad on 21 st January 2008 against the perpetrators, who managed to 

get away from the legal procedures. 


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FF Code : WB/MON (Amrita Rana)/ 

District–Howrah/APR-11.04.2008/SL NO-64 

Victim(s) : Ashes Khatua 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Arjun Maity 3) Bapi Kajri 4) Khakon Misra 

5) Ganesh Mondal 6) Kartik Majhi 7) CPI(M) members 

Location : Nandigram, East Midnapore 


Case Details: 

Victim Ashes Khatua, aged 42, is a resident of Kalicharanpur village, falling within the jurisdiction of 

Nandigram Police Station. The victim is a supporter of Trinamul Congress, the party in opposition to the 

ruling party in West Bengal. Ashes ran a public telephone booth in the area to earn his livelihood. On 27 th 

March 2007 the above mentioned perpetrators, belonging to the CPI(M) blocked the way of the victim 

and beat him with wooden sticks and iron rods, thereby fracturing his left arm. Ashes went to Nandigram 

Police Station where the OIC just filed a general diary entry and chased him away from the station. The 

OIC was found talking with the perpetrators in his room, in a favourable mood. The police didn’t arrange 

for medical examination, and the victim got himself admitted in a local hospital. He was referred to 

SSKM Hospital where his left arm was operated. Ashes was discharged on 9 th April 2008. The police 

didn’t take any legal action against the accused persons and the perpetrators are often threatening the 

victim. 

FF Code : W.B./MON(Susmita Roy Choudhury)/ 

Distrcict-South 24 Parganas/Feb-22/02/2008/ Sl.No.-140 

Victim(s) : 1) Asima Paria 2) Prabhas Paria 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Nani Paria 2) Sabita Paria 3) Asit Basu, Police 

4) Ranjit Munshi, Police 5) amitava Kumar, Police 

Location : South Mokam Bera, Basanti 


Case Details: 

Victim Asima Paria, aged 20, D/o Prabhas Paria is a resident of South Mokam Bera. A relative of the 

victim, Nani Paria by name had borrowed Rs.6500 from her father and failed to return it even after a 

lapse of many months. On 10 th February 2008 Nani Paria came to Asima’s house and threatened not 

to demand the money. He also attempted to outrage her modesty by undressing her. He fled from the 

place hearing the neighbours rush for help. Asima and her father went to lodge a complaint at Basanti 

Police Station the same day. On 12 th February 2008 the victim was examined by a doctor, following 

which she was threatened to withdraw the complaint. The same day the victim went to Basanti Police 

Station along with her father and got another complaint registered. After these things the police began to 

compel Asima to compromise the case and the OIC stated that the allegations are not serious in nature. 

They ultimately washed their hands by just filing a petty case against Nani and didn’t arrest him. On 18 th 

February 2008 the victim send a written complaint to the SP, and seeing that no help turned out from the 

police, a case was filed at Alipore Chief Judicial Magistrate court on 20 th February 2008. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Julfikar Ali)/ 

District- Murshidabad/ July- 15/07/2008/Sl. No.- 203 

Victim(s) : Awal Hossain 

Perpetrator(s) : Rabin Orao, BSF HC 

Location : Dhonirampur Bridge, Murshidabad 


Case Details: 

Victim Awal Hossain, aged 28 is a farmer residing in Natun Bamnabad village, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Jalangi Police Station. On 7 th July 2008 the victim took his two buffaloes to wash them near Dhonirampur 

Bridge. Rabin Orao, a Head Constable of Khairtola BSF Camp along with Rabindra Dhoni caught hold 

of Awal and took away the two buffaloes from his custody. In fear Awal fled from the place. The same day 

he approached the Company Commandant of the BSF Camp along with two village heads, requesting 

him to return the buffaloes, but they were turned with deaf ears. The officials also stated that the seizure 

list was prepared. On 8 th July 2008 Awal went to Jalangi Police Station for lodging a complaint but the first 

official denied doing the same. The same day the victim sent a written complaint to the BDO of Murshidabad 

and SDPO of Domkal. On 9 th July 2008 the officials of Jalangi Police Station went to Khairtala Police 

Station for investigating the matter but till date Awal has not got back his buffaloes. 


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District –South 24parganas / MAR -29/03/2008/ Sl.NO- 150 

Victim(s) : Bandita (a) Susmita Das 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Pachu Gopal Dinda 2) Paritosh, SI 

Location : Uttar Chandanpur, Namkhana 

Date of incident : 27/02/2008, 04/03/2008 

Case Details: 

Victim Bandita (a) Susmita Das, aged 15, hails from a poor family, residing in Brajaballavpur village. 

Therefore the victim had to work as a servant maid in her maternal uncle Sakti Dinda’s house, located 

at Uttar Chandanpur. Sakti had a nephew named Pachu Gopal Dinda, who raped Bandita, stuffing her 

mouth, on 27 th February 2008 and 4 th March 2008, while she was alone at home. Threatening to 

murder her if she disclosed the matter to anybody, he also snatched away her gold earring. On 5 th 

March 2008, Bandita’s elder sister Shyamali came to see her, and noticed her earring missing. The 

victim narrated all the matter to her, and both of them went and informed the incident to Sakti. The victim’s 

uncle questioned his brother regarding this, who in turn grew angry over Sakti and Shyamali. He brutally 

beat up Sakti. The matter came known to the village, and the family of the perpetrator didn’t turn out for the 

village meeting to discuss on the issue. Bandana and her family went to Namkhana Police Station on 

16 th March 2008, but the SI denied accepting the complaint. When the victim persisted in filing a 


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complaint, the SI just registered a petty case stating that Pachu had tried to outrage her modesty and 

didn’t rape her. Thus he made the case of none effect and forced Bandana to sign under. The accused 

and his father are continuously threatening the victim, and abusing her with filthy words. Sakti send a 

written complaint to the SDPO and the CI on 24 th March 2008. A petition was also filed in the Additional 

Chief Judicial Magistrate at Kakdwip. Though the court ordered immediate arrest of the perpetrator, the 

OIC of Namkhana Police Station remains indifferent. 


District –South 24parganas / Feb-29/02/.2008/ Sl.NO- 142 

Victim(s) : Basanti Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Koushik Mondal 2) Suryakanta Mondal, OIC 

Location : Manmatha Nagar, Gosaba 



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Case Details: 

Victim Basanti Mondal, D/o Sachin Mondal comes from a poor family, at Manmatha Nagar. Her father 

is a daily wage labourer. The victim is the youngest among the four daughters in the family. She studied 

till 7 th standard and dropped out due to family constraints. Koushik Mondal, a resident of the same village 

enticed the victim assuring to marry her without dowry. He often took her to his house and send her back 

only in the evening. During such times, he humiliated her four times. He also threatened her not to 

disclose the matter or he wouldn’t marry her. Meanwhile Basanti’s father requested Koushik’s parents 

to solemnize the wedding at the earliest, for which he was threatened and the perpetrators demanded 

dowry, which the victim’s family couldn’t afford. In this situation Koushik and his parents assaulted 

Basanti and drove her out from their house. The panchayat also washed hands from the case as the 

victims approached the police. On 2 nd February 2008 the perpetrators came to the house of the victim 

and assaulted them once again. On 6 th February 2008 Sachin went to lodge a complaint at Gosaba 

Police Station but the OIC refused to get the complaint. The police were throughout negligent regarding 

the case. The perpetrators in the meantime threatened to gang rape Basanti. Sachin out of fear went to 

Kolkata and Basanti stayed in her relative’s house at Sonakhali. The family of the victim is very poor 

and they are suffering without support from anywhere. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Amrita Rana)/ 

District-Howrah/March-14/03/2008/Sl.No.-61 

Victim(s) : Bela Nayak 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Chabi Nayak 2) Ashoke Kumar Nayak 3) Mummum Nayak 

4) Jayanta Nayak 5) Ajay Rakshit, ASI 

Location : Ramachandrapur, Bally 


Case Details: 

Victim Bela Nayak, aged 60, is a widow residing in Ramchandrapur, falling within the jurisdiction of Bally 

Police Station. She worked in a factory and after retirement the victim constructed two rooms with her 

money and let it out for rent. Bela maintained her expenses and her younger son Ashoke Kumar 

depended upon the income of his mother. He always pressurized her and tried to confiscate the 

property. The victim underwent physical and mental torture in the hands of her own son. Bela lodged two 

diaries at Bally Police Station on 29 th November 2007 and 30 th November 2007. In fear the victim stayed 

in her elder brother’s house for three months. On 2 nd March 2008 Ashoke brought his mother back 

home. The next day Jayanta Nayak, son-in-law of Bela took her into a room, abused her with filthy 

words and beat her up brutally. The victim was grievously injured all over her body, and her mouth was 

bleeding profusely. After this Bela went to the police station and registered a general diary entry. The 

victim was later hospitalized. Despite the complaint lodged, police neither started investigation not took 

any action against the perpetrators. The victim is continuously under threats and pressure. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (Amrita Rana)/ 

District-Howrah/JAN-7/1/2008/Sl.No.-50 

Victim(s) : Bharat Singh 2) Asha Devi 3) Gudia Kumari Singh 

4) Avinash Singh 5) Roshan Singh 

Perpetrator(s) : Harischand Shaw 2) Om Prakash Shaw 3) Anup Shaw 

4) Pappu Shaw 5) Police 

Location : Liluah, Howrah 


Case Details: 

Victim Bharat Singh, aged 40, is a resident of Bamnaghachi, falling within the jurisdiction of Liluah Police 

Station. The victim is a tenant for the past fifteen years under the land lordship of Harishchand Shaw, for 

a rent of Rs.70 per month. Suddenly the landlord stopped the issue of rent receipt. This Harishchand 

Shaw began to quarrel with the victim to vacate the house and often threatened him with the help of local 

hooligans. Unfortunately Harish died of heart attack on 26 th September 2007. After this his two sons 

namely Om Prakash and Pappu prevented Bharat’s family from using the toilet. They entered his 

house and beat up the members brutally. On 28 th September 2007 the victim went to Liluah Police 

Station but the police denied taking action. Due to extreme fear Bharat and his family went to his friend’s 

house for some days, and on return he found the house fastened with another lock, and the things inside 

missing. Though the matter was taken before the District Magistrate of Howrah on 3 rd January 2008 

there was no change in the situation. The victim and his family are facing continuous threats from the 

perpetrators. 


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FF Code : W.B./MON (Susmita Roy Choudhury)/ 

District- South 24 Partganas/April-30/04/2008/ Sl.No.-158 

Victim(s) : Biltu Sil 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Laltu Sil 2) Minu Sil 3) Sankar Prasad Biswas, OIC 

Location : Kalibari, Kasba 


Case Details: 

Victim Biltu Sil, aged 34, is a resident of Jadabgarh (Kalibari). He was an auto driver, and dwelled along 

with his mother Minu Sil and elder brother Laltu Sil. Both Biltu’s mother and brother conspired against 

him after the death of his father, and got the auto registered in the name of Laltu. They also pressurized 

him to leave the house. Minu went to the court and declared that she has only one son, namely Laltu. On 

7 th January 2008 and 26 th March 2008 Biltu lodged two complaints at Kasba Police Station. After this the 

victim was facing continuous threats from his brother. Laltu repeatedly quarreled with him. Feeling 

insecured, Balti approached Kasba Police Station on 8 th April 2008, but the police refused to receive the 

complaint. On 12 th April 2008 Laltu assaulted the victim with a wooden stick, causing severe bleeding on 

his left hand and right palm. When the victim approached the police station to report on the same, the 

police just filed a general diary entry, rather than filing a criminal case. Thus the police have made this 

case of none effect. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Aditi Kar) / 

District- Kolkata/Jan-28/01/2008/Sl. No.-108 

Victim(s) : 1) Binayak Mondal 2) Debojyoti Ghosh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Dhritiman Thakkar 3) Riyaz Alam (a) Pappu 

Location : Nandaram, Burrabazar 


Case Details: 

Victims Binayak Mondal, aged 33 and Debojyoti Ghosh, aged 29 are journalists. On 11 th January 2008 

devastating fire engulfed the seventh and tenth floor of Nandaram Market. On 12 th January 2008 the 

victims were covering the news in representation of a media channel named NE TV. There were other 

media professional too. On 14 th January 2008 when all the media people were busy telecasting a live 

coverage, 10 to 15 people all of a sudden assaulted the victims mercilessly. The strangers tried to 

snatch the camera from Binay’s hands. They burned the OB Van that was stationed there. They 

dragged Binay from the place he was standing so as to set him apart. The police who were stationed 

there for security purposes were mere spectators. The perpetrators fled from the place as soon as DSP 

Ajay Ranade arrived. Two among them namely Dhritiman Thakkar and Riyaz Alam (a) Pappu were 

caught and later cases were filed against them on 14 th January 2008, at Burrabazar Police Station, 

according to the suggestion of the DSP. Following this the victims were taken to the hospital by the 

rescue team. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Murari Dey) 

District – Hooghly / Feb-23/02/2008/ SL.NO- 69 

Victim(s) : Bisakha Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Priyobroto Bakshi, OIC 2) Khokan Jana 

Location : BDO, Singur 

Date of incident : 08/07/2005 

Case Details: 

Victim Bisakha Mondal was born in Krishnanagar village of Nadia district. The family of the victim is very 

poor. She was married to a Bangladeshi young man at the age of 13. Bisakha gave birth to a son. Bulen, 

the husband of the victim deserted her and returned to Bangladesh, following which Bisakha admitted 

her son in an orphanage home. She got a job in the Block development Office, Uluberia, and dwelled in 

Singur staff quarters. She also brought back her son from the orphanage. On 8 th July 2005 Kokhan 

Jana, a casual employee of BDO along with his wife assaulted the victim and her son. The victim 

received no help from the BDO and hence approached Singur Police Station. A dairy was registered 

and Bisakha was hospitalized. After a month the IO of the station threatened the victim to withdraw the 

complaint and stated that he wouldn’t take any action against Kokhan. Bisakha visited various government 

officials who put pressure upon the police station, but the officials advised the victim to withdraw the case. 

Till date the police have not taken any action against the perpetrator for they are influential people. 


District–South 24 Parganas / MAR-19.03.2008/ SL.NO- 147 

Victim(s) : Biswanath Ghorami 

Perpetrator(s) : 1)Gokul Chakraborty 2)Sambhu Sardar 3)Panchu Sardar 4)OIC 

Location : Majlishpur, Falta 


Case Details: 

Victim Biswanath Ghorami, aged 46, is a farmer residing in Majlishpur village, and belongs to the 

Scheduled Caste Community. The victim owns 51 acres of land, in which he practiced horticulture with 

help of the Central Govt., having taken loan from a Gramin Bank. On 2 nd March 2008, Gokul Chakraborty, 

and few other people barged into the field of Biswanath with weapons and cut down all the trees and 

plants, ransacked the Green net house, and a room. Several species of plants were carried away. 

Around 21 to 25 labourers, who were working in the field were also assaulted by the miscreants and 

hailed with abuses. Though complaints were lodged at Falta Police Station, the police just registered the 

case and never arrested the perpetrators. Biswanath sustained a loss of Rs.5,00,000. Every time the 

victim returned from lodging a complaint at the police station, Gokul would come the next day with a 

group of men and spoil the vegetation. He send written complaints to several administrative authorities, 

particularly the SP, BDO, DIG, IG, DM but no fruitful result turned out. On 15 th March 2008 Gokul came 

with 100 supporters of the ruling CPI(M), barged into the land of the victim, abducted him and subjected 

Biswanath to brutal torture at Jagala village. Police arrived late at the place and rescued him from their 

hands. Though the victim was hospitalized, the perpetrators were not arrested. The family members of 

Biswajit approached the police, but the duty officer kept the complaint aside and till date they are not 

interested in taking any action against the perpetrators. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad / Jan-2.1.2008/ Sl.No.-149 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Chandana Ghosh 2) Pranab Ghosh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Chitya Ranjan Dey (a) Kalu Dey 2)Kiron Shankar Dey 

3)Laxmi Dey 4)Jharna Dey 5) M.D.A.Rahman, SI 6) Ratan 

Chowdhury, SI 7) P. Mistry, Police 8)Dilip Ganguly, OIC 

Location : Chaltia Bakultala, Berhampore 


Case Details: 

Victim Chandana Ghosh, aged 32 was married to Chitya Ranjan Dey of Chaltia Gorabazar village, 

falling under the jurisdiction of Berhampore Police Station. Chitya was a businessman selling gas 

ovens. His monthly income was not as high, the result of which the victim was tortured by her husband 

and in-laws demanding more dowry. On 29 th November 2007 Chandana was dragged into the bathroom 

and set on fire. The neighbours rushed for help hearing her cry. She was hospitalized but died there. 

Pranab Ghosh, the elder brother of the deceased went to Berhampore Police Station but the duty officer 

refused to receive the complaint. After the intervention of the Secretary of CITU (Centre of Indian Trade 

Union), SI M.D.A. Rahman took the complaint of the victim but seeing the name of the duty officer in the 

complaint he threatened Pranab to rewrite the complaint according to his dictate, omitting the name of 

Kiron Shankar Dey. Another unnatural death case was also lodged the same day. But the police failed 

to investigate the case properly. Pranab lodged complaints with the SP, ventilating his grievances of the 

Berhampore Police, who had tampered the post mortem report in order to conceal the involvement of 

the perpetrators. In the meantime the perpetrators managed to get bail from the Court, following which 

they are threatening the family of the victim. 


District- South 24 PGS/ Apr-12/04/2008/SL. No.-153 

Victim(s) : 1) Chhadek Ali Seikh 2) Sabir Ali Seikh 3) Amina Bibi 

4) Tanjila Bibi 5) Seikh Abdur Rahaman 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Aslam Sardar 2) Saraf Sardar 3) Police 

Location : Karoachak, Delhi 


Case Details: 

Victim Amir Seikh is an old man, and his family is very poor. The victim’s two sons Chhadek Ali Seikh 

and Sabir Ali Seikh worked in the fields of other villagers. But the family spend most of their days in 

starvation. Aslam Sardar, another resident of the same village assured Amir to get jobs for his sons and 

daughters-in-law in Delhi. Seeing no alternative Amir send his family members to Delhi, and he alone 

stayed in the village. But the victim received neither money nor any news about them for many days. 


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After two months Amir received news that his sons were not well, owing to which he suggested them to 

return home. But Samir called up his father and stated that Aslam sold them to Saraf Ali for Rs.30,000. 

Chhadek and Sabir were engaged in rag picking and their wives Amina Bibi and Tanjila Bibi were sold 

as sex workers. When the victims denied cooperating they were beaten up, and forced to abide by their 

desires. After discussing the matter with the villagers Amir went to Basanti Police Station on 3 rd April 

2008, but the officials didn’t take the issue seriously and ignored his complaint. On 9 th April 2008, Amir 

once again went to the same police station but the OIC stated that they have nothing to do regarding the 

case. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Subir Basu)/ 

District- Howrah/ Jan-18/01/2008/S Sl.No.-51 

Victim(s) : Chotelal Shaw 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Rebati Guchai 2) Asit Baran Dey, Police 3) IIC 

Location : Shibpur, Howrah 



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Case Details: 

Victim Chotelal Shaw, aged 45, is a resident of Shibpur, who worked in a private company. On 14 th 

November 2007 Rebati Guchal assaulted the victim all of a sudden with a wooden rod, owing to some 

previous grudge. Chotelal was injured on his head and his family members rushed to the spot to find him 

profusely bleeding. The victim was immediately hospitalized and referred to four hospitals owing to his 

critical condition. Finally Chotelal had to undergo a brain surgery at Kolkata Medical Research Institute 

on 16 th November 2007. The CT scan of the victim reported that he was suffering from acute epidural 

haemorrhage. He was discharged on 2 nd December 2007 because of economic constraints. Chotelal 

lost his memory partially and has developed permanent disability both physically and mentally. On 14 

th 

November 2007 Sagar Shaw, the younger brother of the victim went to Shibpur Police Station and filed 

a complaint against Rebati. But the offences charged against the assailant were bailable. The family 

members of Chotelal went to the police station on several occasions urging the police to arrest the culprit 

immediately but in vain. Ultimately Rebati surrendered before the court on 26 th November 2007, and 

was released on bail. 


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District- South 24 PGS/ Mar-14/03/2008/ Sl.No.-144 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Debasish Sardar 2) Kamal Chandra Sardar 

3) Sibani Sardar 4) Namita Sardar 5) Gobinda Sardar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Haren Sardar 2) Asoke Sardar 3) Astam Sardar 4) Bhabes 

Sardar 5) Suranjan Sardar 6) Niranjan Sardar 7) Shyamal 

Sardar 8) Sankar Sardar 9) P. Sardar 10) Gita Sardar 

11) Sandhya Sardar 12) Nilla Sardar 13) Rani Sardar 

14) Bharati Sardar 15) Maity, IO 16) IIC 

Location : Malenga, Baruipur 


Case Details: 

Victim Kamal Chandra Sardar and his family reside in Malenga village of Baruipur district. The family 

of Haren Sardar also resides in the same village. A date tree was situated in the land of Kamal Sardar 

from where they collected the fluid by tying a pot. The children of Haren broke the pot, owing to which 

there was a quarrel between both the families on 2 nd February 2008. The victim’s wife and daughter 

were assaulted by Shyamal and Haren. Kamal lodged a complaint at Baruipur Police Station regarding 

this. The next day, Debasish Sardar, the elder son of Kamal was assaulted by Haren with a sword. The 

perpetrators also beat up Pratima and Anima, the daughters of Kamal. Gobinda Sardar, the younger 

son of Kamal was beaten with a bamboo stick at his back. Thus all the family members of Kamal were 

injured during the savage. The victimized family went to Baruipur Police Station on 3 rd February 2008, 

following which they were hospitalized. Debasish was declared dead. Though a case was registered 

dated 3 rd February 2008 against eleven persons, police didn’t inspect the place of the incident even after 

a lapse of five hours. The next day, Dilip Sardar, the brother of Kamal met the CI and the SDPO, following 

which they inspected the place. In the meantime, only two offenders namely Bhabes and Suranjan were 

arrested on 4 th February 2008 but the main offenders were moving about freely. When Dilip threatened 

the police to approach the media and thereby unveil the negligent act of the police he was driven away 

from the station, warning not to come back again. The perpetrators are close to the police and this is the 

reason for the indifferent attitude of the police, thus paving way for getting anticipatory bail from the court 

and filing just a weak charge sheet against them. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Murari Dey)/ 

District- Hooghly/ APR-16/04/2008/ SL NO-75 

Victim(s) : Debu Malik 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Priyabrata Baksi, OIC 2) IO 

Location : Singur, Hooghly 


Case Details: 

Victim Debu Malik, aged 48 is a resident of Singur village, falling under the jurisdiction of Singur Police 

Station. The victim had a friend named Shankar Choudhury who died on 18 th February 2008 under 

suspicious circumstances. Debu had gone to comfort the family, and at that time the Investigation Officer 

(IO) came to the house of the deceased and arrested the victim, against the complaint of Bholanath 

Chowdhury, brother of the deceased. The victim was locked up and detained him for two consecutive 

days, following which he was produced before the court on 22 nd February 2008. During the time Debu 

was detaine, he was not provided any food but was allowed to go home and eat. The police stated that 

the victim was arrested on grounds of suspicion and didn’t put his name in the FIR. 


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District –North 24 Parganas / AUG-16.08.2008/ Sl.NO- 137 

Victim(s) : 1) Dhruba Biswas 2) Ujjal Biswas 3) Indrajit Biswas 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF DG 2) IG 3) BSF DC 4) SP 5) Sub-Jailer 


Date of incident : 07/05/2007 

Case Details: 

Victims Dhruba Biswas, Ujjal Biswas and Indrajit Biswas are residents of Sabri village in Bangladesh. 

The three had come into the Indian boundary to visit their maternal uncle on 7 th May 2007 but were 

caught by the BSF Officials at Angrail. A case was started against the three at Gaighata Police Station 

dated 8 th May 2007, and the next day produced before the ACJM Court, Bongaon. From there they 

were sent to judicial custody. Since the victims acknowledged their mistake they were sentenced to 

rigorous imprisonment for 60 days and a fine of Rs.500. Despite the completion of the period of detention 

the victims were not released from Bongaon Sub Jail. A writ petition was filed before the High Court on 

behalf of the victims. The Hon’ble Justice directed all the concerned authorities to push back the victims 

into Bangladesh, in his order dated 3 rd April 2008. But the order was not followed. Again a petition was 

filed against the perpetrators under the Contempt of Courts Act. On 11 th September 2008 the authorities 

of Bongaon Sub Jail handed over the victims to the custody of the BSF for deporting them into Bangladesh. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (S. Mukhtar Ahamed) 

District – North 24 Parganas /APR–30/04/2008/ Sl.NO- 124 

Victim(s) : 1) Firdosi Bibi 2) Somara Bibi 3) Asura Bibi 


Location : Paschim Dandirhat, Basirhat 


Case Details: 

Victim Firdosi Bibi, aged 30, W/o Md. Ishad ali Gazi, is a resident of Paschim Dandirhat village, falling 

under the jurisdiction of Basirhat Police Station. Her husband is a mason. On th 9April 2008 few crucial 

tools of Ishad were lying in the house of Nargazi, the neighbour of Firdosi, and after inquiry it was known 

that the children had taken it. Thus a quarrel picked up between both the ladies. When the victim returned 

home, three women namely Manzura Bibi, Akli Bibi and Rahima Bibi came into her house and beat up 

Firdosi, her sister-in-law Somara Bibi and her mother-in-law Asura Bibi. They also scattered all the 

articles in the house under the instruction of a local CPI(M) member. On 9 th April 2008 the victim went 

to Basirhat Police Station where her complaint was at first rejected but finally booked after Firdosi waited 

for a long time. When the victim returned home she was threatened to be killed by Nargazi and few other 

people. After three days Firdozi went to the hospital and received treatment. On 10 th April 2008 a written 

complaint was sent to the SDPO but no action followed. Now the family is leading a life of fear unable to 

go out. 


District – Howrah/APR-30/04/2008/Sl.NO-69 

Victim(s) : 1) Ghenna Bala Naskar 2) Shyam Sundar Naskar 

3) Shankar Naskar 4) Monlina Naskar 5) Arun Naskar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2)Majhi, SI 3)Abhijit Chowdhury, Police 4) Gobinda 

Naskar 5) Pintu Naskar 6) Ajit Bachar 7) Subas Saha 

Location : Khalia, Liluah 


Case Details: 

Victim Ghenna Bala Naskar, aged 76 is a widow residing in Khalia village, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Liluah Police Station. She has two sons namely Shyam and Shankar. The victim belongs to the 

Scheduled Caste Community. Ghenna owns some land which was not partitioned. Hence the victim 

was often facing disturbances from the above mentioned perpetrators. Ghenna lodged cases against 

the perpetrators and the Court had also passed an injunction. But on 23 rd April 2006 Gobinda Naskar, a 

local leader of CPI(M) along with the above mentioned perpetrators attacked the house of the victim. 

They carried away 1000 bricks that were dumped outside. The same day Ghenna narrated the incident 

to Abhijit Chowdhury, the duty officer of Liluah Police Station who summoned the perpetrators and asked 

them not to repeat such offence any longer. After sending them the officer abused the victim with filthy 

words. On 26 th April 2006 Gobinda once again came to the house of Ghenna and completely destroyed 

it. Though complaints were lodged at Liluah Police Station it was in vain. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Tanushree Chakraborty)/ 

District-Kolkata / APR-30/04/2008/Sl NO-124 

Victim(s) : Gita Ghosh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Debi Das Banerjee, SI 3) Bojiy Joyswal 

4) Ganesh Joyswal 5) Ashok Joyswal 6) Prakash Joyswal 

7) Bishnu Joyswal 

Location : Gorapada Sarkar Lane, Ultadanga 


Case Details: 

There was a pigeon-pea mill named ‘Bishnukumar Bholanath’ owned by the Joyswal family. Victim Gita 

Ghosh’s house is situated in the 16 feet wide road, opposite this mill, at Gorapada Sarkar Lane, falling 

under the jurisdiction of Ultadanga Police Station. The perpetrators used the road in front of the victim’s 

house as a parking place for the heavy vehicles containing the goods of the mill. The residents of the 

area couldn’t move about because of this. Gita’s house was also substantially damaged when those 

vehicles hit the wall of the house. The victim lodged several complaints at Ultadanga Police Station but 

in vain. The perpetrators were sound people, and the police couldn’t do anything against them. Gita also 

lodged complaints with the Commissioner of Police, DC- ESD, DC- Traffic, SHRC, CM, Kolkata 

Municipal Corporation but there was no response. B. Banerjee, SI of Ultadanga Police Station took 

some photographs of the damaged part of the victim’s house but there wasn’t any positive outcome. On 

11 th October 2007, Debasis Ghosh, the son of the victim went on protest, and took away the vehicle key, 

but he was summoned to the police station and threatened to be filed under a theft case. The police forced 

him to return the key also. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (Murari Dey)/ 

Disrict- Hooghly/March-26/03/2008/ Sl. No 71 

Victim(s) : 1) Gopal Das 2) Uma Das 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sudip Banerjee (a) Bhaja 2) Prabir Roy, IIC 3) Joideb, SI 

Location : Kanaipur, Hooghly 


Case Details: 

Victim Gopal Das, aged 34, is a resident of Kanaipur, falling under the jurisdiction of Uttarpara Police 

Station. There were some controversies between the victim and Sudip Banerjee since long. Gopal had 

lodged several complaints before Chandanagar Police Station, SP of Hooghly, SDPO of Chandanagar, 

and Uttarpara Police Station from 20 th October 2006 to 5 th January 2007 but to no avail. A case was also 

proceeding at Calcutta High Court and the Court had ordered the police to render protection for Gopal 

and his wife Uma Das, but that too yielded no result. On 11 th March 2008 while Gopal was working in his 

own shop along with his wife and few other employees, two unknown miscreants came to the shop and 

threatened the victim to be murdered and abduct his wife. Soon the strangers struck Uma on her 

forehead that it bled severely. She started running and the men followed her, throwing bomb and firing at 

her. The local people also started chasing these men and got injured due to the bombing. The Uttarpara 

Police booked a FIR against Sudip but till date nobody has been arrested. 


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FF Code : W.B./MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma) 

District- Murshidabad/April-01/04/2008/Sl.No.-185 

Victim(s) : 1) Halema Mandal (a) Bibi 2) Bipul Mondal 

3) Anchad Mondal 4) Nuresha Bewa 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Imran Mondal 2) Merina Bibi 3) Kajimuddin Mondal 

4) Swapan Saha, SI 5) Dr. Asish Saha 

Location : Roypara village, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Halema Bibi, aged 55 and her husband Anchhad Mondal were staying with her daughter 

Nuresha Bewa and grandson Bipul Mondal, aged 20. The family resides in Roypara village, falling 

under the jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. Nuresha was a widow and her father handed over his 

land to her. Imran Mondal, the nephew of Nuresha quarreled over this and demanded a share. On 15 

th 

December 2007 Imran and his wife picked up a quarrel with the family of the victim. Halema received 

heavy blows during the scuffle that broke out. Imran pulled her hair and struck her with a wooden frame. 

She fell to the ground and her head began to bleed profusely. Black spots appeared all over her body. 

After this incident the victims went to Jalangi Police Station, following which Halema was hospitalized. A 

general diary entry was registered at Jalangi Police Station on the same day. Halema send a written 

complaint to the SDPO of Domkal on 11 th January 2008. Again on 27 th January 2008 the victim was 

hospitalized and finally she breathed her last on 2 nd March 2008. On 3 rd March 2008 Bipul went to 

Jalangi Police Station and lodged a FIR. Despite lodging two complaints, the police neither started 

investigation nor took any action. The family of the deceased in now under threat from the accused 

person. When Bipul went to inquire about the case, the SI threatened him not to disturb any further, or he 

would be implicated in a false case. 

FF Code : WB/MON(Julfikar Ali)/ 

Murshidabad/Feb- 25/02/2008/Sl No – 168,169,170, 171 

Victim(s) : 1) Hayat Ali 2) Kallol Sarkar 3) Parmesan Soren (a) Parmen 

Soren 4) Ajijur Rahaman 

Perpetrator(s) : BSF Officials 

Location : Rajsahi Jail, Bangladesh 

Date of incident : February 2008 

Case Details: 

The above mentioned victims are Indian citizens detained in Rajsahi Jail. The victims have completed 

their term of imprisonment but still they are detained under illegal custody. It was revealed that the victims 

were not treated well in the jail, and left to starve, without proper clothes to wear. Mr. Balbir Singh, 1 st 

Secretary to the High Commissioner, Indian High Commission at Dhaka stated that the mistake was on 

the part of the Bangladesh authorities. Mr. Harun-Ur-Rasid, SP of Rajsahi Jail on the other hand stated 

that letters were sent to the BSF who failed to respond. The Commanding Officer (CO) of BSF blamed 

the Bangladesh Rifles, stating that they didn’t hand over the victims. 


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District –South 24parganas / APR-30/04/2008/ Sl.NO- 156 

Victim(s) : (Late) Ilias Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sanatan Naskar 2) Madhab Sapui 3) Dhona Mondal, Police 

Location : South Budhokhali village, Canning 


Case Details: 

Victim Ilias Mondal, aged 55, was a resident of South Budhokhali village. He was married to Hamida 

Mondal and both have two children, aged 3 and 5 years respectively. The economic condition of the 

family is very poor. On 15 th January 2008 the victim was found dead near a canal. The family of the 

deceased didn’t approach the police owing to lack of money and delaying reasons. The body was 

buried, but the villagers were discussing that Ilias was murdered under suspicious circumstances. 

Chunnat, the cousin brother of the victim took up the matter and came to know that on the day of Ilias’ 

death he was found with Sanatan Naskar and Madhab Sapui in a wine shop. There was a quarrel 

between the three and the latter two struck the victim thereby killing him. Chunnat approached Canning 

Police Station on 25 th January 2008 along with the village people; but the police denied taking up the case 

stating that the dead cannot be brought back to life. A case was filed in Alipore court and letters were send 

to the SP and Human Rights Commission on 28 th January 2008, following which the Court ordered for 

post mortem. The body was dug out and post mortem was conducted on 22 nd March 2008, the report 

of which was not revealed to the victimized family. Even after these things police didn’t arrest anybody; 

and the accused are threatening the wife of the deceased to withdraw the case. 


District –Murshidabad / FEB-26/02/2008/Sl.NO- 176 

Victim(s) : 1) Imratan Nesa Bibi 2) Sirajul Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sirajul Mondal 2) Moula Baux 3) Lal Chand Mondal 

4) Abdul Hannan Mondal 5) Esrafil Mondal 6) Tahasan Seikh 

7) Rangalal Banerjee, SI 8) Dulal Bhattacharje, OIC 9) PCs 

Location : Malopara, Murshidabad 


Case Details: 

Totan, Mondal, aged 13, S/o Sirajul Mondal, a resident of Malopara village was found missing from 13 th 

September 2007. Two days later his body was found 30 kilometers away from his house. Tehatta Police 

Station filed a case and arrested Ziaul Haq Mondal under suspicion. On 13 th October 2007 Sirajul 

lodged a complaint at Hariharapara Police Station against Esadul Mondal and his brother Sirajul 

Mondal under suspicion. On 12 th October 2007 Sirajul conspired against the brothers and took the 

above mentioned perpetrators for help. On 14 th October 2007, on the occasion of Id, when Esadul and 


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his brother were away from home, worshipping in a nearby mosque, the perpetrators spread false 

news that Esadul was going to blast bomb in the locality. Thus they gathered the local people, and 

attacked the house of the victim with sticks, spears, stones, brickbats and other weapons. The perpetrators 

dragged victim Imratan Nesa Bibi, W/o Sirajul Mondal to a jute field and raped her. The frenzied people 

destroyed the articles of the victim’s house. Though Hariharapara Polcie reached the spot they remained 

restrained. The local MLA was also involved in the incident. The next day when Imratan went to lodge 

a complaint at Hariharpara Police Station the OIC refused to take the complaint and advised her to go out 

of the village. He also asked her husband to surrender, assuring to safeguard his life, having received 

a bribe of Rs.30,000. Esadul and Sirajul were arrested on 15 th October 2007, and produced before 

Berhampur Court on 18 th October 2007. Thus the victims are still leading a life of fear, unable to come 

back to their house. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Julfikar Ali)/ 

District-Murshidabad/ Jan -19/1/2008 Sl.NO-157, 160 

Victim(s) : 1) Jahanara Bibi 2) Tanjuwara Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1)Sirajul Mondal 2)Siddique Mondal 3)Kayen Mondal 4) Kalu 

Mondal 5) Lakimuddin Mondal 6) Intajul Mondal 7) Dulal 

Bhattacharjee, IC 8) Rangalal Banerjee, SI 9) Dipak Das, OIC 

10) Babu Mondal 11) Bhedu Mondal 12) Habu Mondal 

13) Shariful Mondal 14) Inchhar Ali, MLA 

Location : Hariharpara, Murshidabad 

Date of incident : 14/10/2007, 04/12/2007, 08/12/2007, 25/01/2008 

Case Details: 

Totan, Mondal, aged 13, S/o Sirajul Mondal, a resident of Malopara village was found missing from 13 th 

September 2007. Two days later his body was found 30 kilometers away from his house. Tehatta Police 

Station filed a case and arrested Ziaul Haq Mondal under suspicion. On 13 th October 2007 Sirajul 

lodged a complaint at Hariharapara Police Station against Esadul Mondal and his brother Sirajul 

Mondal under suspicion. On 12 th October 2007 Sirajul conspired against the brothers and took the 

above mentioned perpetrators for help. On 14 th October 2007, on the occasion of Id, when Esadul and 

his brother were away from home, worshipping in a nearby mosque, the perpetrators spread false 

news that Esadul was going to blast bomb in the locality. Thus they gathered the local people, and 

attacked the house of the victim with sticks, spears, stones, brickbats and other weapons. Jahanara, W/ 

o Esadul was raped by the perpetrators during this process. The whole house was plundered. Victim 

Tanjunawara Bibi, W/o Aidul Mondal was also tortured. Esadul and his brother went into hiding. Though 

the SI of Hariharapara Police Station arrived at the place, he didn’t control the situation. The local MLA 

was also involved in the incident. The next day, when the victims went to the police station, the OIC 

refused to accept the complaint and asked their husband to surrender, assuring to safeguard their lives, 

having received a bribe of Rs.30,000. Esadul and Sirajul were arrested on 15 th October 2007, and 

produced before Berhampur Court on 18 th October 2007. Thus the victims are still leading a life of fear, 

unable to come back to their house. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON (S.Mukhtar Ahmed)/ 

Dist- North 24 Paraganas /25/04/2008/Sl. No. 122 

Victim(s) : 1) Jainto Mondal 2) Atonu Adhkari 3) Mintu Sen 

4) Sandip Devnath 5) Arindam Ghosh 6) Shaheb Bhattacharya 

7) Sankar Das 8) Sagar Roy 9) Sanju Malakar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Gourango Nag, SI 

Location : Bongaon, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

The above mentioned victims are students of Bongaon Dinbandhu College, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Bongaon Police Station. On 17 th March 2008 the opposition students’ union (Trinamul Chhatra 

Parishad) organized a demonstration at the college premises. They were going to meet the Principal 

and submit a demand, stating reduction of fees for the first year students. As a part of their demonstration 

they started distributing slogans. In the meantime, some students from the ruling student’s union (Students’ 

Federation of India) and few external members attacked the agitating students. The victims tried to 

protect themselves and the Principal by locking the college gate, but the perpetrators managed to get 

inside breaking open the lock. They started assaulting with hockey sticks and other weapons. When the 

victims tried to approach Bongaon Police Station they were prevented by few miscreants. One victim 

named Susanta Nath was badly injured and hospitalized. Finally a criminal case was filed at Bongaon 

Police Station. Simultaneously another case was also registered at the instigation of the ruling students’ 

union. But nobody was arrested in this case. The college elections which was scheduled for 10 th April 

2008 was postponed, because the SDO (Sub Divisional Officer) couldn’t deploy sufficient police force 

on the day of election. This proves the negligence of the police in this matter and the miscreants are still 

roaming about in the locality. 

FF Code : W.B./ Mon (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad/APR- 18/04/2008/Sl.No.-189 

Victim(s) : Jamiran Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Saharul Mondal 2) Ananda Babu, ASI 3) Pulak Das, ASI 

Location : Parashpur, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Jamiran Bibi, aged 28 is a resident of Dayarampur village, falling under the jurisdiction of Jalangi 

Police Station. The victim lost all her land during the erosion of River Padma. On 6 th April 2008 Jamiran 

went to the banks of the river to ease herself, and her husband Alauddin Mondal came for her security 

and stood at a distance. During this time Saharul Mondal came upon Jamiran with an evil intention. He 

tried to strip her naked, but she started shouting. Her husband rushed for help and the perpetrator ran 

away in fear. On 7 th April 2008 Saharul lodged a complaint at Jalangi Police Station against the victims. 

Following this Jamiran went to lodge a complaint against Saharul, but she was subjected to abuses by 

the ASI of the station. The officials denied registering the complaint at first, and after the intervention of a 

cadre of the ruling party a complaint was lodged. Despite two complaints filed, the police didn’t take any 

action. The perpetrators enjoyed complete impunity due to the deliberate inaction of the police. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Murari Dey)/ 

District- Hooghly/ Jan-04/01/2008/Sl.No.-66 

Victim(s) : 1) Judhistir Adak 2) Mredula Adak 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Nani Gopal Adak 2) Partha Sarathi, IIC 

Location : Gangadha, Chanditala 


Case Details: 

Victim Judhistir Adak is a carpenter residing in Gangadha village, falling under the jurisdiction of Chanditala 

Police Station. He was married to Mredula Adak and both have two daughters and a son. Judhistir is the 

only earning member of the family. There was a long standing property clash between the victim and his 

brothers Nani Gopal Adak and Parimal Adak. On several occasions the victim and his wife lodged 

dairies in Chaditala Police Station from 2003. Judhistir had ¼ shares in the joint property which was not 

fully partitioned, within which his brothers started constructing, and stopped the flow of water filling with 

mud. The victim filed a civil suit in the Court of the Civil Judge, Serampore. The Court passed an order 

of injunction on 1 st March 2007 which came into effect on 1 st June 2007. But on 1 st December 2007 in 

spite of the injunction order the youngest brother of Judhistir engaged masons in the property to construct. 

This happened when the victim was away from home, and his wife rushed to the police station for help 

but the officer on duty failed to receive the complaint. The victims also send a written complaint to the 

SDPO on 3 rd December 2007 but in vain. 


District-Howrah/ March-28/03/2008/Sl.No.-63 

Victim(s) : Kalipada Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Joydeb Mondal 2) Basudeb Mondal 3) Astapada Mondal 

4) Rupa Mondal 5) Santana Mondal 6) Tarak Mondal 

7) Moyna Mondal 8) Police 

Location : Baltikuri, Jaghacha 


Case Details: 

Victim Kalipada Mondal, aged 75 is a resident of Bharatmata Colony, falling within the jurisdiction of 

Jaghacha Police Station. He worked in a jute mill and didn’t receive any retirement benefit. The victim 

stayed along with his sons and daughters-in-law. For the past few years Kalipada was pressurized by 

his children to divide the property. When the victim refused his sons grew furious and tortured him 

mentally. They often abused him with filthy words, beat him up mercilessly, and let him to starve. 

Kalipada lodged several diaries at Jaghacha Police Station from 2006 to 2007, but the police failed to 

initiate any action. On 29 th January 2008 Kalipada was beaten up badly and completely driven out of his 

house. The victim took shelter in his daughter’s house with no other way. He filed a petition before the 

Judicial Magistrate, and his sons were directed to give Rs.300 each per month to the victim, but 

Kalipada didn’t receive any. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Julfikar Ali) 

District –Murshidabad / MAR-19/03/2008/ Sl.NO- 181 

Victim(s) : Kanai Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) SI 2) OIC 

Location : Char Katla Mari Mouja 


Case Details: 

Victim Kanai Mondal, aged 52, is a cultivator of land residing in Char Rajanagar village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. He owns three acres of land, which is located under Char 

Katlamari Mouja. On 24 th February 2008 the victim returned home from the field, and on the next day 

when he went in the morning, Kanai found a four feet long iron pipe, a barrel of tube well and a chain stolen 

from his field. He informed the matter to the SI of Char Moirosi Border Security Force Camp but no 

action was taken. Then Kanai went to Raninagar Police Station, where too his complaint was rejected at 

first. But after an argument the complaint was accepted but the police remained silent over the issue. It 

came to light that thieves usually came from Bangladesh and stole the farming tools of poor Indian 

farmers; but the BSF failed to protect the border areas of the country. It is also alleged that the officials 

themselves assisted such kinds of activities. 


District –Murshidabad / Feb-15/02/2008/ Sl.NO- 165 

Victim(s) : Kanai Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Dutta Babu, SI 2) Dhan Singh, Inspector 

3) Nilesh Kumar, AC 4) OIC 

Location : Katla Mari Mouja, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Kanai Mondal, aged 55, is a resident of Rajanagar, falling under the jurisdiction of Raninagar 

Police Station. The victim had gone to Char Katla Mari Mouja Dag, on 7 th October 2007 in order to load 

his cart with paddy. Kanai had deposited his voter’s identity card at the Out-Post. While returning Sub 

Inspector Dutta Saheb of the BSF Camp detained the cart and brought down the entire paddy. An 

argument arose, owing to which the officer threw some of the paddy into River Padma. But there wasn’t 

any illegal article found in the cart. Kanai lodged a written complaint against Dutta in Raninagar Police 

Station. In revenge the AC and the Inspector of BSF lodged a counter complaint against the victim. In the 

meantime the above said officers were transferred, the result of which no communication was possible 

with them. Taking this as an advantage Raninagar Police took no initiative to investigate the matter. The 

victim had also lodged complaints before the Company Commander of BSF Camp, OIC of Raninagar 

Police Station, 2 nd BDO of Raninagar, SDO of Domkal, Co-BSF of Roshannagar, JDG BSF of Lalbagh, 

SDPO of Domkal, SP of Berhampore. On 25 th October 2007 Kanai again sent his complaint through 

registered post to the OIC of Raninagar Police Station, SDO of Domkal, and BDO of Raninagar. But so 

far no action followed. 


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District –South 24parganas / JAN-12/01/2008/ Sl.NO- 125 

Victim(s) : 1) Kapil Deo Singh 2) Fagu Singh 3) Kumari Debi 

4) Sushila Debi 5) Usha Kumari 6) Rahul Kumar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Anupam Roy Chowdhury 2) Sanjay Sarkar 3) OICs 

Location : Nethaji Road, Kolkata 

Date of incident : 23/05/2005 

Case Details: 

Victim Kapil Deo Singh was a resident of Madanpur village of Bihar state. He took voluntary retirement 

from his service at Reckit Benckiser and got some money as his service benefit. The victim was 

introduced to Sanjay Sarkar of Kolkata by Anupam Roy Chowdhury. The former approached Kapil to 

invest money in his business and promised to return the same within 45 days. Accordingly Kapil 

handed Rs.3,00,000 to him on 23 rd August 2004. But the victim was deceived by Sanjay, who refused 

to pay even after repeated insistences. Kapil lodged complaints against the perpetrators at Behala 

Police Station on 4 th December 2005 and at Purba Jadavpur Police Station on 21 st March 2006. A 

written complaint was also send to the SP, but the police remained silent over the complaints. The 

perpetrators getting aware of the complaints lodged started torturing the victim’s family mentally and 

caused them to vacate Kolkata. Right now the family of Kapil is residing in Bihar, being pushed to a poor 

economic status. The police were trying to suppress the matter and washed their hands stating that the 

matter is very old. A new complaint needs to be filed in Behala and Purba Jadavpur Police Stations but 

the victim is not in a condition to come to Kolkata due to financial constraints. Moreover he states that the 

police failed to render security for the victim and his family. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (Julfikar Ali)/ 

District- Murshidabad/Apr-01/04/2008/Sl.No.- 186 

Victim(s) : 1) Khodabox Mondal 2) Subra Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Jayanta Bhattacharya, IIC 2) Mojibur Rahaman 

Location : Domkal PS, Murshidabad 


Case Details: 

Victim Khodabox Mondal, aged 48, is a resident of Maniknagar village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Domkal Police Station. There was a dispute regarding a joint property among the relatives of the victim. 

On 5 th October 2007 Mojibur Rahaman and his associates attacked the family of the victim early in the 

morning. They carried away the ornaments and tried to molest the women. A case had been filed 

regarding this at Domkal Police Station dated 5 th October 2007. The FIR was signed by Md. Sallhauddin, 

SI. The perpetrators were arrested and soon after released under bail. Again these people attacked the 

victims’ house on 23 rd October 2007 during the absence of Khodabox. The next day a diary was lodged 

in Domkal Police Station but the police didn’t take any action. On 1 st December 2007 the accused 

attacked Nargis Bibi, the daughter of Khodabox with a log, and threatened her to vacate the house 

immediately. On 3 rd December 2007 the victim and his wife went to Domkal Police Station, but the IIC 

refused to accept their complaint, and threatened to detain them if they disturbed any further. Written 

complaints have been send to the SDO, SDPO, SP of Murshidabad regarding this. A petition has also 

been filed before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate court apprehending danger. 


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FF Code : W.B./MON (Sumita Roy Choudhury)/ 

District-South 24 Parganas/ Jan- 23/01/2008/Sl No.-129 

Victim(s) : Krishna Debnath 

Perpetrator(s) : Biswajit Bandhyapadhyay, IIC 

Location : Canning PS, West Bengal 


Case Details: 

Victim Krishna Debnath is a veterinary doctor residing in Sanjoy Palli. He is a well known social activist 

in the locality. The victim also maintained good relations with the village people. On 22 

nd January 2008 

the victim was arrested by four officials of Canning Police Station during night. The police barged into his 

house, breaking open the entrance gate and assaulted him in the presence of his family members. 

Krishna was also abused with filthy words. He was taken to the police station in their jeep. In all these 

circumstances, the police violated the D.K. Basu Judgment. On 12 th January 2008 the victim was 

produced before Alipore Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court. It is reported that on 19 th January 

2008, the officials of Canning Police Station wanted to arrest three persons illegally. When Krishna 

Debnath protested against it, the officials left the place. Holding grudge in their mind, the officials of 

Canning Police Station illegally arrested the victim under a fabricated case. Later the victim managed to 

come out on bail. 

FF Code : W.B./Mon (Susmita Roy Choudhury)/ 

District-South 24 Parganas/ Jan-23/01/2008/Sl.No.-128 

Victim(s) : Krishna Pathak 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Patitpaban Ghosh 2) Police 

Location : Baruipur PS, West Bengal 

Date of incident : 05/01/2008 

Case Details: 

Victim Krishna Pathak, aged 39, is a resident of Loknath Pally. Her husband Harananda Pathak was 

found missing for the past 19 years and the victim resides along with her son Biswajit Pathak. She gave 

all her daughters into marriage. Krishna manages the family by working in a factory at Park Circus 

Darga Road. From 2000 the victim entered into an affair with her colleague named Patitpaban Ghosh. 

Both got married but the marriage was not registered. After marriage they stayed at Krishna’s house 

along with her son. During this period the victim also left her job. Patitpaban left for his house at Janai 

during October 2007 and didn’t return. On 4 th December 2007 Krishna received news that he was going 

to marry another lady. On 4 th January 2008 Patitpaban called the victim to meet him, and Krishna 

requested him to come home. Accordingly he came and spend the night with her. On 5 th January 2008 

few relatives of Patitpaban came to the house of the victim and abused her with filthy words. All of them 

tried to beat her but she was saved by her neighbours. The officials of Baruipur Police Station came to 


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the spot, and arrested Krishna, following the complaint lodged by Patitpaban’s relatives stating that she 

had kidnapped the latter and demanded Rs.1 lakh. She was taken to the police station without a lady 

police escort. At the station she was forced to sign in a paper with fabricated facts. The police also failed 

to listen to her charges and drove her away from the police station. It is reported that the victim on several 

occasions went to Baruipur Police Station for lodging complaint against Patitpaban Ghosh but the 

officials refused to register her complaint 

FF Code : W.B./Mon(Susmita Roy Chowdhury) 

District-South 24 Parganas/ FEB-29/2/2008/Sl.No.- 141 

Victim(s) : 1) Lakhan Singh 2) Shanti Devi 3) Satyen Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sunil Ghosh 2) Lakhi Devi 3) Jayanta Shara, SI 

Location : Hatgachia, South 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

There are nearly fifteen thousand people residing in Hatgachia region. Prior to the incident, a newspaper 

report stated that the Government of India had announced 270 sq.ft of land for erecting flats, in the 

process of slum development. A conspiracy smelled in the air that the Government would evict the 

people from their land. Accordingly on 12 th February 2008 Ms. Lakhi Devi, the local counselor, Mr. Sunil 

Ghosh and 15 other members of the ruling CPI(M) Party came and started surveying the area. The 

residents denied giving their signatures on the documents. Victim Lakhan Singh who was witnessing the 

officials force the people to sign in the documents resisted the party members. The latter were enraged 

at this and started assaulting the victim and his son Satyen Singh. Shanti devi, W/o Lakhan Singh, who 

ran for her husband’s rescue was also pushed aside. Tapan Sengupta, a person witnessing this 

informed the police, who rushed to the place. Despite the fact that police had gathered in the place, the 

perpetrators didn’t withdraw, instead they broke open the houses of the victims broke the windows, 

television set, computer system, and motor bike. Various reporters arrived at the place, following which 

the police and the perpetrators left the place. In the evening a rally was organized by about 2500 people 

of the area in protest. The police tried to convince that it was wise to accept the proposal of the government 

as it was their benefit, and threatened that they would be filed under false cases. The Secretary of the 

Slum Development Committee stated that the government has plans to hand over the land to financially 

sound people. 


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FF Code : W.B./MON (Susmita Roy Chowdhury) / 

District-South 24 Parganas/ Jan—19/01/2008 Sl No - 127 

Victim(s) : 1) Madhabi Kayal 2) Kalipado Kayal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Kalu Das 2) Police 

Location : Bidyadharpur, Sonarpur PS 


Case Details: 

Victim Kalipado Kayal is a security guard residing in Bidyadharpur village along with his wife Madhabi 

Kayal and five year old son. Madhabi decided to take up a job as a maidservant owing to the family’s 

poor economic condition. Accordingly she went in search of a job on 21 st July 2007 but never returned. 

Kalipado tried searching her in Gosaba and many nearby places but in vain. When the victim went to 

lodge a missing diary at Gosaba Police Station he was directed to Sonarpur Police Station where the 

complaint was booked on 9 th January 2008. Kalipado gained news from a local source that his wife was 

found going with a man named Kalu Das on the day of missing. After investigation it was proved that this 

Kalu was reportedly attached with a number of women trafficking incidents, smuggling of drugs, and his 

name was also enlisted in the police record book. Kalipado went to Sonarpur Police Station on 12 th 

January 2008 to lodge a complaint but the police denied registering any complaint against the perpetrator. 

Instead they threatened the victim of detaining him under police custody allegedly for selling his own wife 

for the want of money. 

FF Code : WB/MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/ 

District – Murshidabad/FEB-26/02/2008/Sl NO-172 

Victim(s) : Mahadeb Ghosh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Utpal Das, SI 3) Pulak Das, ASI 4) Rakibul Seikh 

5) Pranab Mukherjee 6) Suman Pahari, BLDO 

7) Manamohan Majumdar, FO 8) Unus Ali Sarkar, MLA 

Location : Joykrishnapur, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Mahadeb Ghosh, aged 55, is a milkman residing in Joykrishnapur village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. The victim owned large agricultural land which was washed off 

during the erosion, following which he started running milk business using 45 cattle. Mahadeb brought 

fodder for the cattle from Rakibul Seikh for an amount of Rs.700 during the month of Jan. 2008. But 

Rakibul demanded more money from the victim on 31 st Jan. 2008, which Mahadeb denied. On 1 st Feb. 

2008 the victim was returning home after grazing his cattle, and on the way 8 of his cattle died. Mahadeb 

consulted the veterinary doctor and came to know that they died of eating poisonous food. The victim 

submitted a written complaint against Rakibul at Jalangi Police Station on 2 nd Feb. 2008; and then 

arranged for post mortem of the cattle in the presence of the doctors and Block Livestock Development 

Officer. But the police officials of Jalangi Police Station forced the victim to write another complaint 

ignoring the old complaint. Later the perpetrator was produced before the Court and got bail the very day. 

It is to be noted that the cattle were buried by the BLDO, doctors, police officials and the MLA with 

quicklime and bleaching powder in order to maintain the body in the same condition. 


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District-Kolkata / APR-10/04/2008/Sl. NO-121 

Victim(s) : Manik Chandra Kuri 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Nimai Kuri 3) Swapan Roy 4) Ratan Kuri 

5) Goutam Mukherjee 6) Monoj Saha 7) Alok Roy 

Location : Maniktala, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Manik Chandra Kuri, aged 58, is a resident of Canal East Road, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Maniktala Police Station. The victim owns a piece of land at Pran Krishna Nagar measuring 25 Sq.ft 

jointly allocated by ‘Bosti Committee’, ‘United Central Refugee Council’ and local CPI(M) in the year 

1992. After a year, the above mentioned perpetrators started creating pressure upon the victim to give 

the property in their hands, where Manik had already constructed a house and started a business of 

manufacturing undergarments. On 8 th October 1993, Manik’s son Manas died abnormally, owing to 

which the family shifted to Canal East Road. During this time the perpetrators destroyed the victim’s 

house at Pran Krishna Nagar. Manik was also subjected to brutal torture owing to which he was 

hospitalized. The victim lodged several complaints at Maniktala Police Station but in vain. Complaints 

were also send to the SHRC, DC, Detective Department, Commissioner of Police, CM but nothing took 

place in favour of Manik. 


District- Hooghly/Jan- 12/01/2008/Sl.No.-67 

Victim(s) : Md. Makbul Hossain 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Kishan Sinha, OIC 2) IO 

Location : Kamarpukur Chati, 


Case Details: 

Victim Makbul Hossain, aged 27 is a resident of Garmandaran village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Goghat Police Station. The victim owns a mobile shop, located at Kamarpukur Chati. On 15 th December 

2007 the shop was looted during night hours and a cash of Rs.11,000 was also carried away. The victim 

rushed to Goghat Police Station, and the duty officer denied him permission to see the OIC, for the latter 

was taking rest. Makbul came back once again after sometimes and the officials denied filing a FIR. After 

hearing everything the officer agreed to file the FIR but when the victim insisted on arresting the home 

guards posted in the area he denied filing the same. Finally the FIR was booked, and when the victim 

asked for the copy he was drawn to the police station for two days, and finally handed after much 

harassing. On 19 th December 2007 Makbul submitted the list of recharge coupons with the details of 

name and addresses. On 22 nd December 2007 a suspect was identified and the OIC asked his friend 

to arrange for a vehicle for investigation. On 24 th December 2007 Makbul called up the IO who asked 

him to arrange for a hired car, and the same day Sabir Ahamed Seikh was arrested in connection with 

the case. On 25 th December 2007 the relatives of Sabir called up Makbul to compromise the case, but 

he refused. The same day at evening Makbul came to Goghat Police Station to find Sabir released. 


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District – Howrah/APR-26/04/2008/Sl.NO-67 

Victim(s) : Mohammad Mustafa 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Medical Department 2) Police 

Location : SSKM Hospital, Kolkata 

Date of incident : 11/04/2005, 12/04/2005 

Case Details: 

Victim Mohammad Mustafa, aged 63 was an employee of Howrah Jute Mill. The victim is a hernia 

patient. He has two sons and three daughters. For the past few years Mustafa is undergoing treatment 

under the supervision of Dr. Ranjit Babu of SSKM Hospital, Kolkata. On 11 th April 2005 the victim was 

advised to be admitted in the hospital. But the next day he was found missing from the hospital. The 

relatives of the victim searched for him everywhere but in vain. Finally a missing diary was lodged in 

Bhavanipore Police Station dated 12 th April 2005, and a written complaint was also send to the SP. 

Despite such efforts, neither the hospital authorities nor the police took measures to find the victim. The 

issue was taken to the media and also published in few daily newspapers. Complaints were also send 

to the SHRC, DCP, Director of Health Services and the Intelligence Bureau but to no avail. 


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District- Howrah/ Feb-16/02/2008/ Sl.No.- 54,55,56,57,58 

Victim(s) : 1) Md. Mustaquim 2) Sahanaz Khatoon 3) Md. Shakir 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) IIC 2) Police 

Location : Pilkhana, Golabari 


Case Details: 

Victim Md. Mustaquim is a cart puller residing in Pilkhana. He was married to Sahanaz Khatoon and 

both have a three year old son named Md. Shakir. Mustaquim’s daughter died of an incurable disease 

in Bihar, where the family was previously settled. Hence the victim decided to shift to Kolkata, and came 

to this place on 15 th August 2007. On 12 th October 2007 Sahanaz Khatooz, W/o Mustaquim was 

offering her prayers on the occasion of Eid. Sakir was playing outside. After finishing her prayers she 

found her son missing. Though the couple searched him in all possible places they couldn’t find him. 

Finally they lodged a missing diary at Golabari Police Station the same day. A written complaint was also 

submitted to the CID of Kolkata. The police are not giving any assurance, and state that it was the 

responsibility of the parents to safeguard their child. 


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Victim(s) : 1) Md. Sabir Ansari 2) Anisha Begam 3) Md. Sarique Ansari 




Case Details: 

Victim Sabir Ansari is a reporter of a weekly newspaper called ‘Hindukal’ and also runs a small pan 

shop. He is a resident of Pilkhana, falling within the jurisdiction of Golabari Police Station. Sabir has a five 

year old son named Md. Sarique Ansari. On 4 th May 2007 the child was playing outside the house 

having taken his lunch. Later on he went to fetch water and never returned. Sabir and his wife lodged a 

missing diary at Golabari Police Station the very night. Sabir also contacted the Don Bosco Child Line, 

CID, MLA, MP, District Magistrate of Howrah, DIG, IB, Home Minister, SP, and many Non-Governmental 

Organizations. He also spent a substantial amount in the local cable TV channel. Despite such efforts the 

search is still going on. The victims feel that the police are just giving light replies, and not serious about 

the case. 


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FF Code : W.B./MON (Subir Basu)/ 

District-Howrah/Feb-16/02/2008/Sl.No.-54,55,56,57,58 

Victim(s) : 1) Md. Shamim 2) Ruksana Begam 3) Md. Reyaz 


Location : Golabari, Howrah 


Case Details: 

Victim Md. Shamim is a resident of Pilkhana. His was married to Ruksana Begam and both have a 

three year old son named Reyaz, who was a student of Holymon Memorial School. On 4 th July 2007 

Reyas and his elder brother went to Karbala, where they were caught up in a commotion. Both were 

separated, after which Reyaz couldn’t be traced anywhere. Shamim registered a missing diary at 

Golabari Police Station the same day, and also approached the Criminal Investigation Department. He 

spent lots of money on advertisement and circulated posters with his son’s photograph hoping to get him 

back. The victims state that the police are just giving assurance that they will try to trace him but to no 

avail. 


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District- South 24 PGS/ Apr-30/04/2008/Sl. No.-157 

Victim(s) : Nani Gopal Maity 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Anukul Chandra Bera 2) Chandan Mondal 3) Jaydeep 

Banerjee, OIC 4)Sakshi Gopal Ghosh, IO 5)Ranajit Babu, Police 

Location : Rudranagar, Sagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Nani Gopal Maity, aged 55, is the head master of Kamalpur Junior Basic School. He belongs to 

the Scheduled Caste Community. On 25 th February 2008 while the victim was handling classes for 4 th 

standard, two people namely Anukul Chandra Bera and Chandan Mondal entered the class room and 

started demanding money from Nani. All of a sudden they got furious, dragged the victim catching hold 

of his shirt, pushed him to the floor and started assaulting him. They stated that his son had borrowed 

Rs.30,000 from them and wanted it returned. They beat Nani repeatedly and took away the money he 

had. Due to this brutal act his forehead was bleeding. The students began to shout in fear, and the people 

of the locality rushed for help. Nani immediately went to Sagar Police Station to lodge a complaint, before 

which the perpetrators had filed a false complaint stating that the victim had assaulted them. The officials 

of Sagar Police Station refused to accept the complaint but after investigation, finding the truth a case was 

filed against the perpetrators. But the police were pressurizing Nani to compromise the case. On 27 th 

February 2008 a village meeting was called to discuss on the issue and the perpetrators confessed their 

guilt. After the meeting the victim was again facing threats. Finally a case was filed at ACJM Court of 

Kakdip on 17 th March 2008. Though the court ordered for investigation, the Sagar Police took no 

initiative. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Amrita Rana) 

District – Howrah / APR-30/04/2008/Sl.NO- 68 

Victim(s) : 1) Narayan Dutta 2) Munmun Dutta 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Prasadi Bala Dutta 2) Pradip Dutta 3) Sanat Dutta 4) Anita Dutta 

5) Tandra Dutta 6) Monika Rit 7) Chandra Dutta 8) Rita Adak 

9) Ashok Kumar Khan, SI 

Location : Bantra, Howrah 


Case Details: 

Victim Narayan Dutta, aged 48 and Munmun Dutta, aged 30 were married in 2006, and dwelled in 

Joynarayan Babu Lane, falling under the jurisdiction of Bantra Police Station. The victim has two 

brothers, and it was Narayan who looked after his deceased father’s business. After the victim’s 

marriage with Munmun his brothers picked up a quarrel with Narayan and tried to evict him from the 

house. The victim’s brothers jointly bought a house and didn’t give Narayan a share. The victim was 

working as a salesman and stayed in the rented house. Right from the month of May 2007 to April 2008 


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Narayan had lodged several general entries at Bantra Police Station but in vain. On 27 th November 

2007 the brothers of the victim beat him up, owing to which he was hospitalized. Again on 16 th April 2008 

he was attacked by his brothers and few henchmen. Narayan took shelter in a nearby police station, but 

the officials arrested him and filed the victim under a case, stating that he was indulged in torturing his 

mother and younger sister-in-law. On 17 th April 2008 Narayan was produced before the court and 

released under bail. On 13 th June 2007 and 3 rd December 2007 two cases were charged against the 

victims at Bantra Police Station. Though the victim lodged complaints with several authorities he got no 

justice. Munmun states that the perpetrators cut the electric line of their house and also removed the 

bathroom door. Thus they are daily leading a life of fear. 


District-Hooghly/ FEB-10/02/2008/ Sl. NO-68 

Victim(s) : People of Mukherjee Para 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) IIC 2) Biswajit Banerjee 

Location : Serampore, Hooghly 


Case Details: 

‘Ekanto Apon’ is a marriage hall located at Mukherjee Para village of Serampore region. Many rich 

people hire the hall for various functions. The hall is situated in a narrow street, owing to which the people 

coming for a function or so would park their vehicles on the road, thereby blocking the way. The 

residents of the area consider this a nuisance, because the guests who come there often indulge in 

drinking and abusing the people with filthy words. They created much chaos and made lots of noises, 

thereby disturbing the people in the locality. Biswajit Banerjee, the owner of the building used to dump all 

the waste in the locality itself. The local people lodged complaints regarding this at Serampore Police 

Station on 12 th December 2007 but in vain. Complaints were also send to the SHRC, Polluting Control 

Board, District Magistrate and SDPO, but to no avail. 

FF Code : W.B./Mon (S.Mokhtar Ahamed) 

District- North 24 Parganas/Jan-25/01/2008/Sl.No.-104 

Victim(s) : 1) Pradip Singh 2) Prasenjit Singh 3)Surjeet Singh 

4) Usha Singh 5) Raju Orao 6) Raju Ghosh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Police 2)Sanju Das 3)Ratan Sarkar 4)Kabi Roy 5) Debu Kundu 

6) Khokon Roy 7) Kochi Roy 8) Manab Dey 9) Subu Sen 

Location : Chetannya Nagar, Barasat 


Case Details: 

Victim Pradip Singh is a service holder residing in Chetannya Nagar, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Barasat Police Station. On 13 th January 2008 a rally was organized by the CPI(M) at Brigrade Parade 

Ground, Kolkata. Most of the resident of the area attended the rally except the family of the victim, for his 

son Surjeet Singh was sick. Holding vengeance the CPI(M) members started harassing Pradip’s 


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family. The victim approached the police owing to which Somir Biswas, a local leader desired comprome. 

But the same day, at night few people abruptly entered Pradip’s house and started beating all the above 

mentioned victims. They threw stones, pulled Pradip and his wife Usha outside, beat them with chopper 

buts and bamboo sticks. The elder son of the victim brought the police, and before they could arrive the 

perpetrators managed to escape. All the victims went to the local hospital, where they were denied 

admission without a note from the police. Usha went to Barasat Police Station for receiving the documents 

but she was harassed and driven away asking to bring a written requisition from the doctor. Usha again 

went to the police station where the officer got her signed in a blank paper. Following these things the 

victims returned home with just first aid. 


District –Murshidabad / Feb -26/02/2008/ Sl.NO- 177 

Victim(s) : 1) Prafulla Halder 2) Mitali Halder 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Dhananjay Sarkar 2) Partha Sarkar 3) Sajan Mondal 

4) Niranjan Swarnakar 5) Tuhin Biswas, SI 

Location : Dayarampur, Jalangi 



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Case Details: 

Dayarampur village was affected during the erosion, and most of the families in the village were starving. 

Victim Prafulla Halder and 11 others were enticed by Dhananjay Sarkar, Partha Sarkar, and Sayan 

Mondal to work in Andaman and Nicobar Islands for a monthly salary of Rs.20,000. Thereby the 

victims were handed over to a private concern at Kolkata, at the rate of Rs.5,000 per victim. The 

concern in turn sold them to another concern at Andaman and Nicobar for a contract work for 11 

months. But the victims were not provided any food or work. They were given only half day’s meal. 

Mitali Halder, wife of Prafulla gained news of this over phone and informed the family members of other 

victims too. They all went to Jalangi Police Station on 13 th February 2008, and the next day police raided 

Dhananjay’s house and arrested him. But he was released by the SI after receiving a bribe of Rs.35,000, 

under the condition of bringing back the victims from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but the perpetrator 

never kept his promise. On 15 th February 2008 Mitali and the others appeared before the SP of 

Murshidabad for rescuing the victims and arresting the perpetrators. The victims are still in the Islands, 

and it was revealed that they were engaged in building houses for the victims of Tsunami. 


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District –south 24parganas / FEB-12/02/2008/ Sl.NO- 135 

Victim(s) : Pratima Chakraborty 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Rati Ranjan Chakraborty, Home Guard 2) Police 

Location : Goraba PS, Canning PS, Baruipur PS, West Bengal 

Date of incident : January 2008 

Case Details: 

Victim Pratima Chakraborty was married to Rati Ranjan Chakraborty, of Kachukhali village, 25 years 

ago. Her husband is a home guard of the Circle Inspector Office at Canning. Pratima came to know that 

her in-laws set fire on her elder sister-in-law Chhaya Chakraborty. Rati Ranjan maintained illegal 

relationship with Jharna Chakraborty, who is another sister-in-law of the victim. Pratima was also 

tortured by her in-laws when she objected this relationship. They tried to cut her throat using a sharp 

weapon. They even forcibly tried to feed her with poison. Pratima’s brother-in-laws sexually harassed 

and abused her. After few years the victim’s husband deserted her leaving behind three children. 

Pratima lodged several complaints at Canning Police Station but the police never accepted her complaint. 

Now Pratima is spending her days in misery. Her husband has constructed a house at Naridana, 

where she is not permitted to stay. The victim has send written complaints by post to Canning Police 

Station and the Circle Inspector Office. She also send a complaint to the Sub Divisional Police Officer 

through registered post. 

FF Code 

Victim(s) 

Perpetrator(s) 

Location 

: W.B./MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma) 

District- Murshidabad/March-28/03/2008/Sl.No.-184 

: 1) Priti Biswas 2) Prosanta Mohanta 

: 1) Srimanta Biswas 2) Ashim Biswas 3) Pivush Biswas 

4) P. Mukherjee, ASI 

: Kamarhati, Kolkata 

Date of incident : August 2007 – March 2008 

Case Details: 

Victim Prosanta Mohanta, aged 51, is a watch repairer residing in Harisingh Deuri village, falling under 

the jurisdiction of Murshidabad Police Station. He has three sons and two daughters. The economic 

condition of the family is very poor. Prosanta’s second daughter Priti Biswas, aged 20, was given in 

marriage to Srimanta Biswas on 8 th August 2007. Though the groom’s family demanded no bribe 

Prosanta gave Rs.50,000 as cash, a bed worth Rs.10,000, an almarah worth Rs.4,000, gold ornaments 

and gifts worth Rs.10,000. At her in-laws house, Priti Biswas stayed alone, for her husband would return 

home from work only at night. He usually came drunk and beat her up, along with his brothers. The 

victim was mentally depressed and she was sent back home on 20 th August 2007 owing to her serious 

physical condition. During this time Priti had to undergo treatment, and her husband never turned out to 

see her. Following this she had to go back to her in-laws house with her mother for company. Srimanta 


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once again began torturing her in a closed room. The tape recorder was tuned high to suppress her 

shout of cry. Srimanta also abused his mother-in-law, who was witnessing all these things. Finally the 

victim returned to her father’s house the very next day. Though the village elders talked with Srimanta to 

take his wife back it turned to deaf ears. On 23 rd March 2008 Prosanta went to Murshidabad Police 

Station, but the ASI refused to accept the complaint, following which a written complaint was sent to the 

SP on 24 th March 2008. Now Priti is mentally upset and not in her right sense. 


District- Howrah/ March-07/03/2008/Sl.No.-60 

Victim(s) : Puja Barma 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Mohan Choudhury 2) Police 

Location : Bally, Howrah 


Case Details: 

Victim Puja Barma, aged 12, D/o Ramnath Barma is a resident of Rajen Seth Lane, falling within the 

jurisdiction of Bally Police Station. Ramnath Sharma is residing as a tenant in the house of Mohan 

Choudhury for the past two and a half years. On 20 th January 2008 the younger daughter of Ramnath, 

namely Puja went to toilet. Then suddenly Mohan pulled her into his room, tied her mouth and raped her. 

After a long time her parents found her tied up in Mohan’s room. The same night they went to Bally 

Police Station for filing a complaint but the officials denied registering the same. After repeated requests 

finally a general diary entry was registered on 22 nd January 2008. After this the family of the victim was 

getting threats from Mohan. 15 days later police took initiative for Puja’s medical examination, the copy 

of which was not handed over to the victim. Mohan was charged intentionally under an attempt to murder 

case so as to lighten the gravity of the offense. Till date the accused has not been arrested and no initiative 

has been taken for proper investigation. 

FF Code : W.B. /MON (Tanushree Chakraborty)/ 

District-Kolkata/ July-31/07/2008/Sl NO-129 

Victim(s) : 1) Raju Saha 2) Uttam Sardar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Raju Paswan 2) Niraj Gupta 3) Rajesh Prajapati 

2) Jail Superintendent 3) Jail Warden 4) Police Escort 

Location : Fort William, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Raju Saha, aged 26, is an under trial prisoner, whose case is pending in the Court of Ld. Additional 

district and Sessions’ Judge (Fast Track). The victim is an accused in the said case. On 12 th June 

2008 the victim was not produced in the court by the police on the ground that he was assaulted by three 

under trial prisoners, namely Raju Paswan, Niraj Gupta and Rajesh Prajapati. Raju Sahu was cut with 

a razor inside the prison van near Fort William, Kolkata, while they were going to the court. The victim 

sustained severe blood injury and was immediately admitted in the hospital. Except for the victim the 

other three were produced before the court. It was observed that the incident happened as a result of the 

dereliction of the duty of jail authority. The Superintendent of Presidency Central Correctional Home 

submitted a report stating the negligence of the police escort in this matter. 


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FF Code : WB/MON (S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/ 

District –North 24 Parganas/FEB-23/02/2008/Sl. NO-111 

Victim(s) : 1) Ram Prasad Kundu 2) Jharna Kundu 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Icha Mondal 3) Sahidul Mondal 4) Arunangshu Kundu 

5) Ranju Kundu 6) Konika Kundu 

Location : Debalaya, Deganga 


Case Details: 

Victim Ram Prasad Kundu is a resident of Debalaya village, falling under the jurisdiction of Deganga 

Police Station. On 9 th December 2007, the above mentioned perpetrators trespassed into the boundary 

of the victim’s house and started cutting the jack fruit tree. When Ram Prasad and his wife Jharna Kundu 

protested, the perpetrators assaulted them with sharp weapons. They also abused the victims with filthy 

words. Jhanra was humiliated, and the perpetrators broke a finger on her left hand, causing severe 

blood injury. Ram Prasad went to Deganga Police Station, but the officer on duty just filed a FIR on 10 

th 

December 2007, and didn’t take any further action. Jharna was hospitalized. On inquiry, the SI of the 

station stated that the charge sheet has been submitted and the case is handled by the Court. 


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District – Hooghly / APR - 02/04/2008/ Sl.NO – 74 

Victim(s) : (Late) Ramrati 


Location : Uttarpara 


Case Details: 

Victim Ramrati was a mentally ill patient residing in Uttarpara Women Vagabond Home for the past 43 

years. She died in the home on 27 th March 2008. Uttarpara Police were informed about the death over 

phone. A. Sharma, the ASI of the station went to the home, saw the body, talked with the manager and 

went back. He informed his higher authorities but nobody responded. The body remained in the home 

the whole day owing to the negligence of the SP. Finally the body was taken to Walls Hospital, Serampore 

for post mortem but there was a dispute between the executive and the judiciary as to who will inquest the 

body. Finally the post mortem was conducted on 30 th March 2008 and stated that the death was an 

unnatural one. Of late it came to light that the body was not disposed till 2 nd April 2008. 


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District- Murshidabad/Apr-30/04/2008/Sl.No.-193 

Victim(s) : 1) Renuara Bibi 2) Ali Mohammad 3) Hafijul Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Azabul Sardar 2) Farejulla Sardar 3) Arejulla Sardar 

4) Sirajulla Sardar 5) Mujibur Sardar 6) Kajim Sardar 

7) Sunayan Bose, OIC 8) Dr. Jamshed Molla 

Location : Murgir Char, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Renuara Bibi, aged 41 is a resident of Pollagiri village, falling under the jurisdiction of Jalangi 

Police Station. Hafijul Seikh, the younger brother of Renuara is a farmer. On 9 th March 2008 Azabul 

Sardar was crossing the field of Hafijul with few cows, treading upon the crops. A hot altercation picked 

up between the victim and the perpetrator, the result of which Azabul beat Hafijul with a bamboo stick. On 

10 th March 2008 Renuara met Azabul and questioned him, owing to which the latter grew furious and 

beat the victim. He also abused her in the presence of other farmers. Azabul assaulted Renuara with a 

sharp weapon. Her right palm was injured oozing out blood. Renuara went to Raninagar Police Station 

but the officials just registered a general diary entry without filing a criminal case. On 11 th March 2008 Ali 

Mohammad Mollah, the son of Renuara was also attacked by the perpetrators to such an extent that he 

fell unconscious. The same day Renuara went to Raninagar Police Station along with her brother and 

son, but the OIC demanded Rs.500 as bribe to initiate action against the perpetrators. The victims 

returned home dejected. 


District – North 24 Parganas / MAR–10/03/2008/Sl.NO- 113 

Victim(s) : Rita Karmakar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Bikram Acharjee 2) Bikash Acharjee 3) Police 

Location : Gurpara, Deganga 


Case Details: 

Victim Rita Karmakar, aged 18 is a resident of Gurpara village. She had pre-marital relationship with 

Bikram Acharya (a) Bapi, S/o Bikash Acharjee of the same village. Both decided to get married but the 

boy’s father didn’t agree. During the month of November 2007, Bikash entered the house of the victim, 

scattered all the articles and beat up the whole family brutally. He kicked on the belly of Rita, with the 

intention of killing the baby in the womb, the result of which she had to abort the child. On 24 th November 

2007 Ritu went to lodge a complaint at Deganga Police Station, but the police remained negligent. Now 

the victim started telling everybody in the village about the matter, due to which Bikash came to her house 

once again with few strange men and raped her. Again police was silent over the issue. On 14 th 

February 2008 Ritu was summoned to the police station and detained the whole day under illegal 

custody. The next day she was taken to the court along with Bapi. A lady police threatened Ritu not to 

speak anything against the perpetrators in the court, or Bapi would never marry her. Thus a case was 

registered only against Bapi with charges of rape, and no case was filed against his father and the 

strange men who raped the victim. 


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FF Code : W.B./ Mon (Gopen Ch. Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad / Feb-26/02/2008/Sl.No.-175 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Sabina Iasmin 2) Abdus Sattar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Ripan Mondal 2) Nazmul Haque 3) Jyotsna Bibi 4) Abuijafar 

5) Lilufaraha 6) Subir Kumar Pal, OIC 7)Swapan Kumar Saha, SI 

8) Prodip Roy, CI 

Location : Biswaspara, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Sabina Iasmin, aged 21 was married to Ripon Mondal, of Biswaspara village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. The victim’s father Abdus Mondal gave Rs.23,000 and other 

valuable things as dowry. Ripon was unemployed at the time of marriage. Abdus helped him to establish 

a computer centre in Jalangi, providing him monetary assistance. But Ripon wasn’t satisfied and 

demanded more dowry. Sabina was subjected to continuous physical and mental torture. She had a 

year old son too. She was not allowed to go to her father’s house either. On 28 th January 2008 the victim 

was tortured to bring Rs.3,000, but she refused owing to Abdus’ poor economic condition. That day she 

was severely beaten that the victim set herself on fire at night while everybody were sleeping. Sabina 

was rushed to the hospital but expired on 16 th February 2008. Abdus had lodged complaints against his 

son-in-law at Jalangi Police Station on 30 th January 2008 and 17 th February 2008. The SI and CI of the 

station arrested one accused among them namely Nazmul Haque but released at once. Abdus visited 

Jalangi Police Station frequently but the OIC refused to give him the copy of the FIR. He was also 

threatened to be implicated in false cases, and stated that he was responsible for his daughter’s death. 

A case of unnatural death was filed on 16 th February 2008. Written complaints were send to the SP of 

Berhampore on 25 th February 2008 but in vain. 


District- Kolkata / Feb-29/02/2008/ Sl.No.-116 

Victim(s) : Sahanara Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) OIC, Detective Department 3) R.K. Chowdhury, SI 

Location : Ultadanga, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Sahanara Bibi, aged 28, is a rag picker residing in Basanti Colony, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Ultadanga Police Station. Her husband is no more and the victim has a daughter named Fatema 

Khatun. During February 2007 Fatema was missing, following which a complaint was filed in Ultadanga 

Police Station. The missing person squad of Lalbazar started their search after the intervention of the 

human right organization. Then the case was transferred to Immoral Traffic Section, of Kolkata Police. 

On 1 st September 2007 Fatema returned back from Bodh Gaya. The next day Sahanara went to the 


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concerned police station with her daughter to inform about Fatema’s return. On 6 th September 2007 the 

victim was again called to the police station, and asked to inform the same to the Additional Officer In- 

Charge of the Missing Person Squad of Lalbazar. On 7 th September 2007 Sahanara met the Additional 

Officer and stated that Fatema was abducted and taken to Bihar, where she was sexually exploited. The 

officer stated that they can’t do anything about the case. The victims returned home not to approach the 

police hereafter. But Sahanara was often summoned to the police station by various officials, knowing 

that she was a widow. 

FF Code : WB/MON (S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/ 

District–North 24 Parganas/FEB-12/02/2008/Sl.NO-108 

Victim(s) : (Late) Samail Mirdha 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) IIC 2) Paltu Ghosh 3) Akshoy Das 4) Arun Mota 

Location : Moti Ganj Hat, Bongaon 


Case Details: 

Victim Samail Mirdha, aged 35 was a resident of Paik Para Dakhin Para, falling within the jurisdiction of 

Bongaon Police Station. On 22 nd January 2008 the victim had gone to the bank for opening an account. 

He deposited Rs.1000 and opened the same. After that Samail went to Moti Ganj Hat for purchasing 

some articles. There he was beaten up mercilessly by Paltu Ghosh, Akshoy Das and Arun Mota, 

accusing him in a false case of bicycle theft, owing to which the victim passed away on the spot. In the 

meantime the family members of Samail started searching for him and informed Bongaon Police 

Station over phone. But the officer on duty cut the line stating they were busy. Thereafter the family started 

searching for him and came to know of his death from the local people. Akshoy confessed that they had 

beaten the victim, and denied giving the articles snatched from Samail. Then police arrived at the place, 

inspected the body and send it for post mortem. On 23 rd January 2008 a complaint was lodged at 

Bongaon Police Station. Akshoy Das surrendered before the police and applied for bail, which was 

rejected. Paltu Das had absconded in the meantime, and police took no measures to arrest him. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Murari Dey) / 

District- Hooghly/ March-26/03/2008/ Sl. No. 72 

Victim(s) : (Late) Sankar Choudhury 




Case Details: 

Victim Sankar Choudhury, aged 24, was a bus conductor residing in Natun Bazar, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Singur Police Station. On 12 th February 2008 the victim had gone to watch the cultural 

programmes that were taking place in Singur. But he never returned home. The family members began 

searching for him in the morning but couldn’t find. Finally they filed a missing diary at Singur Police 


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Station dated 14 th February 2008. It is pertinent to mention that Sankar was a witness of a bus hijack 

case, which is still pending before the court. The victim was supposed to appear as a witness before the 

court on 13 th February 2008, and since that day he was missing. But the police remained inactive in this 

case. On 16 th February 2008 Sankar’s body was discovered from a pond in the locality. It was 

suspected a murder and police arrested three suspects but that were soon released. The body was 

send for post mortem and when the family of the deceased asked for the copy of the same the officials 

asked them to get an order from the SDPO. Even now the police are playing a dull role and not giving 

any sort of assistance to the victim’s family. 


District – Howrah/FEB-01.02.2008/Sl NO-52 

Victim(s) : 1) Seikh Raja 2) Seikh Kabirul 3) Ambiratan Peyada 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) CPI(M) members 

Location : Bankra Munshidanga Seikh Para, Howrah 

Date of incident : 19/09/2007, 01/01/2008, 09/01/2008 

Case Details: 

Communist Party of India (Marxist) is the ruling party in the state of West Bengal since September 2007. 

These party men are engaged in torturing the opposite Trinamul Party supporters’ right from the time 

they came to rule. Bankra Munshidanga Seikh Para is one such area, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Domjur Police Station which was filled with riots. On 19 th September 2007 Afjal and five other local 

CPI(M) members attacked victim Seikh Raja with weapons and cut the vein of his right hand. He was 

admitted in Howrah Hospital and received treatment for ten days. Similarly on 7 th January 2008 a group 

of 50 to 60 members of the same party attacked the houses of many Trinamul Party supporters’ 

including Seikh Kabirul. The perpetrators chopped the nose of the victim with a sharp weapon and he too 

was hospitalized for four days. Domjur Police Station registered four reports from 19 th September 2007 

to 9 th January 2008 on getting complaints from the victims, but they have been inactive. Two police 

officials were posted on duty in the peek areas, but the members of CPI(M) used the very batons of the 

policemen for assaulting the victims. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad / Jan-02/10/2008/Sl.No.-150 

Victim(s) 

Perpetrator(s) 

Location 


Case Details: 

: 1) Selima Bib 2) Abdus Sukur Ali 

: 1) Taijamal seikh (a) Lebu Seikh 2) Nokumuddin seikh (a) Bhutu 

3) Muharam Seikh 4) Jiaul Seikh 5) Samrat Fani, OIC 

6) Sujit Mondal, ASI 

: Fulsahari village, Murshidabad 

Victim Abdus Sukur Ali is a renowned ration dealer in Fulsahari village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Sagardighi Police Station. On 11 th October 2007 the victim went to Jumma Mosque for prayer. Suddenly 

Taijamal Seikh (a) Lebu Seikh, Nokumuddin Seikh (a) Bhutu, Muharam Seikh and Jiaul Seikh along 


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with 500 villagers attacked Abdus in the name of ration scam. The villagers demanded money and 

confined him in a room inside the mosque. The villagers also tried to loot his house and hurled bombs 

in front of his house. A minor boy named Roket Sheikh, aged 10 was injured at this. The matter was 

informed to Sagardighi Police Station, who arrived with the officials of Rapid Action Force (RAF), and 

searched the house of the victim. The above mentioned perpetrators kept two bags of explosives in the 

house of Abu Bakkar, the brother of Abdus, and betrayed them in the hands of the police. Thus 

Sagardighi Police fabricated a false case against Abdus on 12 th October 2007. A month passed away, 

and all the male members of the victim’s family stayed away from the house out of fear. During this time, 

the villagers kicked the house of Abu Bakkar and abused the women. Sujit Mondal, SI of Sagardighi 

Police Station visited the house of Abu Bakkar several times and destroyed the furniture. He also 

abused the female members in the family including victim Selima. It came to light later that the reason 

behind this behavior of the villagers and the perpetrators is that Abdus was involved in smuggling the 

items supplied to the ration shop. 


FF Code : W.B./MON (Susmita Roy Chowdhury) / District-South 24 

Parganas/ Feb-16/2/2008 Sl No – 138 

Victim(s) : Sibani Bal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Bipul Biswas 2) Bijon Biswas 3) OC 

Location : Natun Palli, Canning PS, West Bengal 


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Case Details: 

Victim Sibani Bal, aged 15, D/o Soroj Bal is a resident of Natun Palli. She was studying in 9 

th standard, 

and on her way to the school the victim was often teased by Bijon Biswas, S/o Bipul Biswas. The boy 

had the habit of moving around the premises of the school building and teasing the girls. Though Bipul 

knew the deeds of his son, he remained unaware. Sibani is the only daughter for her parents and hence 

they shut her inside the house while going for work. Her father Saroj is a cloth merchant and her mother 

works in a shoe factory. On 2 nd February 2008 the father of the victim returned home to find his daughter 

missing. Local people stated that Bijon Biswas was also missing from home, following which Saroj went 

to file a missing diary entry at Canning Police Station on 3 rd February 2008, but OC Biswajit Banerjee 

directed him to Ghutiary Out Post. The police were negligent about the case because the father of Bijon 

was a rich business man, having good nexus with the police. The police of Ghutiary Out Post contacted 

the police of Piyali Out Post for inquiring Bijon, but the latter has good acquaintance with the police of this 

station. Following this Soroj send complaints to the SP and filed a suit in the Court. It had been 15 days 

since Sibani was missing, and the police took no efforts to find her. 


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Victim(s) : 1) Sk. Nasim 2) Mehajabeen Khatoon 3) Sohaib Akhtar 




Case Details: 

Victim Sk. Nasim, aged 35, is a mason residing in Pilkhana. He was married to Mehajabeen Khatoon 

and both have a three year old son named Sohaib Akhtar. On 5 th October 2007 Sohaib went out from his 

house for purchasing a car from the shop, having taken Re.1 from his mother. But he never returned 

and the couple searched for him in all possible places to find him nowhere. The victims went to Golabari 

Police Station and filed a missing diary. They also searched in various orphanage homes but couldn’t 

find. Nasim and Mehajabeen went to the police station repeatedly inquiring about their son, owing to 

which the police asked them not to come any more and just trust on the police. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Tanushree Chakraborty) / 

District – Kolkata / APR - 12/04/2008/ Sl.NO- 122 

Victim(s) : 1) Sreoshi Laha 2) (Late) Salil Kumar Laha 3) Shyamali Laha 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Srabanti Sinha 2) Swapan Laha 3) Rina Laha 4) Mira Das 

5) Pradip 6) Prasanta Sinha 7) OIC 8) Ghanasham Das, SI 

9) Debasree Chatterjee, OIC 

Location : Prem Chand Baral, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Sreoshi Laha (a) Jhimli, aged 13 is the daughter of Salil Kumar Laha and Shyamali Laha. The 

family resides in College Street, falling under the jurisdiction of Muchipara Police Station. On 20 th March 

2007 Sreoshi was taken to a brothel home at Prem Chand Baral Street by a lady named Mira Das. The 

victim’s Uncle Swapan Laha, Aunt Rina Laha and Cousin Srabanti Sinha were directly involved in this 

conspiracy. She was forced to satisfy the sexual desire of one Pradip, and threatened not to disclose 

the matter to anybody. They gave her money in order to shut her mouth, and also bought her a mobile. 

Somehow Salil, her father came to know of the matter and lodged a complaint in Muchipara Police 

Station. The SI having investigated the place of incident assured to take action, but in vain. The police 

tried to avoid the matter and drove Salil away from the station. On 3 rd August 2008 Salil sent a complaint 

to the DC of Detective Department, who in turn directed Muchipara Police Station to deal with the issue. 

The perpetrators in the meanwhile threatened the family of the victim for approaching the police. Salil 

was a heart patient and hearing the threats of the perpetrators to make his daughter a prostitute, he died 

of heart attack on 4 th February 2008. On 7 th February 2008 Shyamali, the wife of the deceased lodged 

a complaint before Immoral Traffic Section, following which a case was started against the perpetrators. 

On 14 th March 2008 Shyamali informed the Commissioner of Police about the negligence of the police. 

But till date the victims have not got justice. 


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District- Howrah/ Feb-16/02/2008/Sl.No.-54,55,56,57,58 

Victim(s) : 1) Kashi Rao 2) Padma Rao 3) Suraj Rao 


Location : Golabari, Howrah 


Case Details: 

Kashi Rao, aged 36, is a doctor residing in Nanda Ghosh Road, falling under the jurisdiction of Golabarai 

Police Station. He was married to Padma Rao and both have an eight year old son named Suraj Rao. 

On 18 th August 2003 the boy was playing in the ground and never returned home after a long time. 

Padma received a phone call from some stranger, stating that her son was safe in their house, but later 

on she didn’t receive any call. That very day Kashi Rao and Padma lodged a missing diary in Golabari 

Police Station. Kashi kept connections with Bally Police Station, Howrah Police Station, Shibpur Police 

Station and Lal bazaar Police Station but they couldn’t find their son. The police officials couldn’t give a 

satisfactory answer, and it should be noted that a number of children are missing from this area. 


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District- Murshidabad /Apr-25/04/2008/Sl.No.-190 

Victim(s) : Sridam Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2) Sunayan Basu, OIC 

Location : Char Rajanagar, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Sridam Mondal, aged 23 is a resident of Char Rajanagar village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Raninagar Police Station. On 29 th March 2008 the victim was bathing in River Padma. At that time two 

BSF Officials called him from behind. Sridam couldn’t hear for the first time and responded to the second 

call. The officials were enraged and hit his jaw with their fists, causing him to fall. They inquired him about 

the people involved in smuggling cattle. When Sridam denied knowledge of the same he was again 

subjected to severe blows. The victim’s wife Dipali Mondal rushed to the spot hearing her husband 

shout and somehow rescued him from their hands. After these things, a complaint was lodged at 

Raninagar Police Station dated 29 th March 2008. Sridam didn’t receive treatment for many days, and 

after his jaw and chest started paining he got himself treated in Godhanpara PHC. Despite the complaints 

lodged, Raninagar Police didn’t take any action against the perpetrators. 


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District – North 24 Parganas / APR – 25/04/2008/ Sl.NO- 123 

Victim(s) : Subhas Mridha 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Jayanta Ghosh 2) Shyamal Roy 3) Puspendu Mukherjee 

4) Police 5) Municipality Officers 

Location : Belghoria, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Dilip Ghosh was a lease holder who let many houses. All the tenants paid him the rent on regular basis. 

Before his death Dilip promised to transfer the land in the name of the tenants, but unfortunately he died 

without making any legal statement of the property. This paved way for a conflict between the family 

members of the deceased and the tenants. The latter filed a case in the court of Learned Executive 

Magistrate, Barackpore against the family members of Dilip Ghosh. On 22 nd July 2007 Jayanta Ghosh, 

the son of Dilip, two Counselors namely Shyamal and Puspendu along with 400 men came to demolish 

the houses of the tenants. Though messages were passed to the police they failed to assist the victims. 

The Chairman of the Municipality on the other hand claimed the land as their property, where the 

Municipality was going to establish a market. Arpita Saha got several injuries on her head. 9 families 

comprising of 40 members became houseless. Though police were informed of this they never arrived 

at the place to safeguard the victims. Subhas Mridha was one among the victim who belonged to the 

Scheduled Caste Community. Though the judgment fell in favour of the victims, nothing could stop the 

perpetrators from interfering into the life of the poor tenants, who were illiterate and knew not how to write 

even a complaint letter. 


District –Murshidabad / JAN-16/01/2008/Sl.NO- 152 

Victim(s) : Subhas Saha 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sukumar Mondal 2) Subir Paul, OIC 3) Sailen Babu 

Location : Dayarampur, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Subhas Saha, aged 27, is a resident of Dayarampur village, falling under the jurisdiction of Jalangi 

Police Station. The victim lost his paddy field in the erosion caused by Padma River. Hence Subhas 

engaged is selling molasses of sugarcane, which he collected from the villagers. On 5 th Dec. 2007 

Subhas and his brother Subrata Saha went to the house of Sukumar Mondal to collect molasses. The 

victim loaded the tins and found them leaking. Subhas requested Sukumar to replace them, but the latter 

refused. The victim was forced to take the tins, and ultimately beat up Subhas. The victim fell down, 

following which he was kicked on his chest with shod legs. Subhas was also struck on his face that his 

teeth were dislocated oozing out blood. Subrata informed the incident to the nearby Debipur Police. 

Subhas was hospitalized, and later a written complaint was send to Jalangi Police Station. The ASI 

abused the victim with filthy words before filing the same. The things of Subhas were in the custody of 

Sukumar. The police took no step to recover those things. Though Subhas met the OIC of the station 

repeatedly regarding this, no action was taken. 


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District –South 24parganas / APR-30.04.2008/ SL.NO- 155 

Victim(s) : (Late) Subrata Bhattacharya 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Hare Krishna Chanda, SP 2) Ananda Sarkar, IIC 

Location : Netaji Nagar, Jadavpur 


Case Details: 

Victim Subrata Bhattacharya was a resident of Netaji Nagar Colony, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Jadavpur Police Station. He was married to Champa Bhattacharya and both have a 6 year old daughter. 

The victim was working in a factory, which was closed down for several years, owing to which he ran 

a small business for earning their livelihood. Subrata’s wife started a tea shop on the main road which 

too didn’t run well. Thus the family was spending their days in penury. Subrata asked his wife to go back 

to her father’s house, assuring to call back after arranging money. On 12 th April 2008 the victim was 

alone at home, and the next day also the door of the house remained shut. When the people of the locality 

broke open the door of the house they found the victim hanging on a rope. The SI of Jadavpur Police 

Station came to the spot and send the body to Bangur Hospital for post mortem. On 14 th April 2008 the 

nephew of the victim went to receive the body of Subrata, but the body was changed. The police in the 

meantime forcibly tried to put responsibility of the changing the dead body upon the victim’s family but 

they denied. A suit was filed before the ACJM, Alipore Court on 16 th April 2008, stating the breach created 

by the police. Subrata died on 13 th April 2008 but the cremation of the body was not completed even after 

a long time. The widow of the deceased is now leading a life of starvation. 


District- South 24 PGS/ Jan-12/01/2008/ Sl.No.-126 

Victim(s) : (Late) Sudipta Ghosh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Partha Mukherjee 2) Sabbyasachi Chakraborty 

3) Gobinda Mallik 4) Mihir Sen, IO 5) Parimal Bhadrak, IO 

6) Pinaki Chakraborty, IO 7) Amit Roy Choudhury, IIC 

Location : Udayrampur, West Bengal 


Case Details: 

Victim Sudipta Ghosh was a resident of Udayrampur village. He was a reputed teacher in the area, and 

was found missing from 9 th November 2007. The family members of Sudipta had suspicion on his 

neighbor, Partha Mukherjee, with whom the victim was last found talking. Accordingly his relatives 

lodged a missing diary and complaint against the suspect at Bishnupur Police Station on 16 th November 

2007. A report was also made before the CID on 13 th November 2007. But the police were negligent 

about the case, despite repeated requests. The family of the victim went to the police station from 18 

th 

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intervention and pressure from the villagers a search was made in the backyard of Partha’s house on 

26 th November 2007, and the body of Sudipta was found in the septic tank, with both hands and legs tied. 

It was only after finding the body that the police filed a complaint and started investigation. The police were 

able to arrest only one companion of the suspect, Gobinda by name, who reported that he was paid 

Rs.6000 for repairing the tank. In the meantime Partha had absconded. The body was taken for post 

mortem and the police kept the family members of the deceased ignorant about the report. The activists 

of the ruling party were on the other hand putting pressure upon the victim’s family to mutually settle the 

matter and withdraw the allegations against the culprits. The police even after having sufficient knowledge 

of the culpable involvement of the culprits into the death of the victim from the beginning of the incident, 

assisted them to escape punishment. 

FF Code : W.B./Mon (S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/ 

District-24 PGS (N)/Mar- 31/03/08/Sl.No.-119 

Victim(s) : Sumana Chowdhury 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Lakshman Chakraborty 2) Gour Ghosh 3) Bapi Das 

4) Dipali Ghosh 5) Sefali Ghosh 6) Arindam Mukherjee, OIC 

Location : Hasnabad PS, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Sumana Chowdhury, aged 34, is a journalist, and an editor of a local newspaper namely 

‘Tapoban’. She often published news regarding corruption, smuggling and the like, the result of which 

many influential people were annoyed with her, seeking an opportunity to take revenge. Sumana faced 

several problems from 2004. Sushil Adhikari filed a false complaint against her at Hasnabad Police 

Station owing to which she was much harassed and humiliated by the SI. In September 2006 Sumana 

published news regarding the smuggling of a drug to Bangladesh by Lakshman Chakraborty. Once 

again she reported a news regarding trafficking of women, and the hand of Archana Mitra, a member of 

the Women’s Association in it. On 15 th March 2008 the OIC of Hasbnabad Police Station threatened the 

victim. The next day while Sumana was returning home she was assaulted by Shefali Ghosh, a 

member of the Women Association. 20 to 25 people gathered in the place and beat her up brutally. Her 

gold ring was snatched by the women. The OIC was witnessing all these things as a silent spectator, 

and suggesting the perpetrators to file a false case against Sumana. The victim sought the help of her 

advocate who asked her to get admitted in the hospital. The victim did accordingly and returned home 

to find all the things scattered and important papers thrown away. She went to file a complaint at 

Hasnabad Police Station which was first refused but later accepted due to pressure from the advocate. 

She was caused to wait at the station till night for the same. Sumana was not issued the copy of the FIR 

too. On 29 th March 2008 few organizations demonstrated before the police station over the issue of 

coercion of a lady journalist. A counter case was also lodged by the perpetrators, and the accused 

people have obtained bail from the court. 


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FF Code : W.B./MON (Julfikar Ali)/ 

District- Murshidabad/ March-11/03/2008/Sl.No.179, 180 

Victim(s) : 1) Surya Kumar Mondal 2) Bishnu Halder 

3) Jagodish Halder 4) Ramesh Chandra Mondal 


Location : Rajsahi Central Jail, Bangladesh 

Date of incident : - 

Case Details: 

The above mentioned victims are Indian citizens who are languishing in Rajsahi Central Jail, Bangladesh 

even after their term of imprisonment is over. The victims are not treated well in the jail, and not provided 

food, clothes and medicine. The 1 st Secretary of High Commissioner Office blames the Government of 

Bangladesh in this matter. The SP of Rajsahi Jail blames the BSF Officials of Char Ghat Check Post at 

Indo-Bangladesh border, for the latter didn’t respond to any of the letters send from the jail. The BSF 

Officials on the other hand criticize the Bangladeshi officials. Thus these officers have made the life of 

poor victims miserable, who are languishing in jail for no cause. 


District – South 24 Parganas / MAR-19/03/2008/Sl.NO- 146 

Victim(s) : 1) Swapan Mazumdar 2) Biswajit Bag 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Srikanta Mondal 2) Amit Mondal 3) Kumud Haldar 

4) Mangal Mondal 5) Krishna Chandra Mondal 6) OIC 

Location : Kultala, Maheshtala 


Case Details: 

Agragami Sangha is a club located at Kultala Bazar village. For the past ten years victim Swapan 

Mazumdar is the Secretary of the Club. Various social activities were organized by the club for the 

welfare of the people. A library was established, a school under the government project namely ‘Anganwari’ 

was also started by the Club, where the children of the poor people studied. A charitable dispensary was 

also opened. Cultural programmes and a fair were arranged two to three times a year. The members 

of the Club had a good understanding among them. In many occasions the OIC of Jinjira Bazar 

Investigation Center presided the functions. Mr. Sanjib Das replaced the previous OIC, who was very 

annoyed upon the Club for some unknown reason. On the other hand few local people, who were not 

satisfied about the development of the club tried to plan mischief. Srikanta Mondal, Amit Mondal and two 

other CPI(M) members were few among them. On 6 th May 2007 the Annual General Meeting of the 

club was commenced, during which a date was fixed to discuss about the accounts. Finally the matter 

was taken to the Court and the members of the club decided to submit the account at the Court. On th 6 

September 2007 the above mentioned perpetrators and few others attacked the secretary of the club, 

having drunk and stopped the functioning of the dispensary. They also tried to throttle Swapan to death. 


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The matter was taken to Jinjira Investigation Center but in vain. Finally a case was filed in the Court. 

Despite this fact, the police failed to arrest the perpetrators though there was an arrest warrant against 

them. In the meanwhile the perpetrators snatched the key of the club, and threatened the victim to stop 

the sports function. Victim Biswajit Bag was also attacked on 23 rd December 2007. Though the matter 

was taken to the police, they advised to settle the matter and not approach them. Thus the perpetrators 

totally stopped the activities of the club. On 2 nd January 2007 and 3 rd January 2008 complaints were 

send Maheshtala Police Station and the SP via post, but not action followed. 


District–South 24parganas / APR-30/04/2008/Sl.NO- 159 

Victim(s) : Tarun Halder 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Subodh Halder 2) Police 3) CPI(M) Members 

Location : Narayanipur, Mathurapur 


Case Details: 

Narayanipur village was facing political disturbances due to the ensuing election. The members of the 

ruling CPI(M) Party were always trying to create problems with the Trinamul Congress Party. Subodh 

Halder was a drunkard residing in the area, who was also a supporter of the ruling party. He often beat 

up any person with no cause. Though police were informed of this they didn’t take any action because 

he was a supporter of CPI(M). On 24 th April 2008 this Subodh tried entering the house of victim Tarun 

Halder. A scuffle picked up between the family of the victim and Subodh. The latter fell upon a heap of fuel 

and got his hand injured. In the morning there was a clamor, and Tarun’s family went to lodge a 

complaint at Mathurapur Police Station. But the members of CPI(M) had already filed a false case, with 

the purpose of creating a political complexity with this incident. A complaint was filed against Tarun, and 

he was arrested on 25 th April 2008 without producing an arrest memo. On 26 th April 2008 the victim was 

produced before Diamond Harbour Court and released on bail the same day. The police state that they 

took this step to curb the disturbances that were popping up in the locality. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (Julphikar Ali)/ 

District-Murshidabad/Mar-11/03/2008/Sl.No.-178 

Victim(s) : Tojameel Hoqua (a) Bokul (a) Tofajjul Hoque 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) GOI 2) Govt of Bangladesh 

Location : Rajshahi Central Jail, Bangladesh 


Case Details: 

Victim Tojameel Hoque, an Indian citizen, residing in Forajipara village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Jalangi Police Station was arrested by the BDR (Bangladesh Rifle) Officials of Alaipur on 13 th August 

2007. He was surrendered to Bagha Police Station, and filed under a false case dated 14 th August 2007. 

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sentenced him to one month imprisonment and a penalty of Rs.500. The victim’s punishment period 

was over by 13 th October 2007 but still he has not been released from Rajshahi Central Jail. His mother, 

wife and two kids are leading a life in misery. Abdul Samad, father-in-law of Tojameel sent a complaint 

to the High Commission of India, but in vain. The DIG of Prison (Bangladesh) states that the victim was 

taken to Char Ghat Check Post at Indo-Bangladesh border for his repatriation to India but the BSF did 

not take back Tojameel despite the fact that he was an Indian citizen. 


District-Howrah/ March-19/03/2008/Sl.No.-62 

Victim(s) : 1) Zinnatan Begam 2) Samrat Mondal 3) Suraj Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Jakir Hossain Mondal 2) Norrangina Begam 

3) Sultan Mondal 4) Police 

Location : Uttar Unsani Sardar Para, Jagacha 

Date of incident : 04/03/2008, 05/03/2008, 09/03/2008, 14/03/2008 


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Victim Zinnatan Begam, aged 30, was married to Jakir Hossain Mondal in 1994. They have two boys 

named Samrat Mondal, aged 11 and Suraj Mondal, aged 10. Four years after marriage the victim 

started facing torture in the hands of her husband, demanding more dowry. The same year Zinnatan 

lodged a complaint at Jagacha Police Station and the officials summoned the couple, and negotiated the 

matter on 27 th September 1998, but Jakir started torturing Zinnatan once again and drove her out of the 

house on 24 th March 1999. The victim filed a case at Howrah Court, and the Court ordered the victim 

to stay at her in-laws’ house, and that Jakir should maintain the two kids. On 24 th May 2000 Jakir 

married another lady named Nurungina, and lived separately with her, paying no heed to the Court 

order. In the meantime, Jainal Abedin Mondal and Sultan Mondal, the uncle and father of Jakir respectively 

filed a counter criminal case against Zinnatin. The case is still under process in the Court. Besides this 

the victim was often threatened by her husband and hindered from attending the Court hearings. On 4 th 

and 5 th March, 2008 Jakir attacked the victim and her two sons, trying to stab her with a knife. On 9 th 

March 2008 and 14 th March 2008 Zinnatin went to Jagacha Police Station to lodge complaints but the 

officials didn’t take the matter seriously. Instead they threatened the victim to vacate the police station, 

and spoke in favour of her husband. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Aditi Kar)/ 

District- Kolkata/ Feb-19/02/2008/ Sl.No.-112 

Victim(s) : Aftab Alam Ansari 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) CID Officials 2) STF 

Location : Kolkata, West Bengal, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 


Case Details: 

Victim Aftab Alam Ansari, aged 27 works in the Emergency Department of Calcutta Electric Supply 

corporation (C.E.S.C). The victim is the sole bread winner of the family. On 17 th December 2007 two 

unknown men came to the locality searching for a man named Altab. They talked with the mother of the 

victim and came to know that her son’s name was Aftab. The strangers came back on 22 nd December 

2007 also. On 27 th December 2007, these persons called Aftab over phone, having got his number and 

called to him Chiriamore. The victim went to the place and he was trapped by the CID. Aftab was 

dragged inside an ambassador car, and later detained in an apartment near VIP road. The officials 

subjected him to physical and mental torture, compelling him to confess that he was a terrorist trained in 

Bangladesh. Aftab denied and stated that he has valid identity proofs. Ayesha Begum, the mother of the 

victim lodged a missing diary in Chitpore Police Station on 28 th December 2007, and the next day she 

came to know from a newspaper report that her son was arrested by the CID. On 30 th December 2007 

she went to the CID Office at Bhavani Bhavan and knew that Aftab was to be produced before Chief JM 

Court, Lucknow on 2 nd January 2008. The victim was handed to the STF of Lucknow, who too tortured 

him at their quarter. He was sent to High Security Jail on 2 nd January 2008, from where he was taken to 

the Court. The case was dismissed on 14 th January 2008 and the victim was found innocent. Aftab was 

released on 16 th January 2008 from the jail, following which he returned to Kolkata. Written applications 

were sent to the CM demanding money, and Aftab received only Rs.30,000. At present he is under 

treatment. 

FF Code : W.B./MON(S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/ 

District- North 24 Parganas/ July-14/07/08/ Sl.No.- 130 

Victim(s) : Asadul Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Jawans 2) OIC 

Location : Madhupur village, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Asadul Mondal, aged 35 is a resident of Hariharpur village, falling under the jurisdiction of Bagdah 

Police Station. On 2 nd July 2008 the victim went to his field for cultivation with a bag of 22 kilograms of 

fertilizer, after registering his name at the gate of BSF. While working in the field a BSF Official of 

Madhupur Camp started beating him with the branch of a tree. Asadul fell down, and he was dragged to 

the camp holding the collar of his shirt. At the camp the victim was forced to lie down to the floor and 


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eaten on his lower feet and back with a sharp instrument made of bamboo, thereby causing severe 

bleeding. The victim also lost his hearing sense at the powerful slap he received. Few villagers went to 

the camp having received news of this but the perpetrators forced the victim to give a written statement 

stating he wasn’t tortured, following which he was set free. After these things Asadul went to Bagdah 

Police Station but the police didn’t accept the complaint. They just filed a general diary entry dated 3 rd July 

2008. The victim was then hospitalized and he was caused to lie on the floor of the hospital with no proper 

treatment. 


District – North 24 Parganas / Aug – 18.08.2008/ Sl.NO- 140 

Victim(s) : 1) Azan Ali 2) Majed Ali 3) Gulhera Bibi 4) Asgar Ali 

5) Khadiza Bibi 6) Firoza Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Arup Prasad Ghosh, Police 2) Rausnara 3) Abdul Rajjak 

4) Pute 5) Ansar Morol 6) Dr. Saidul 

Location : Kharua Chandpur, Deganga 

Date of incident : 08/11/2006, 26/11/2006, 28/11/2006, 24/04/2008 

Case Details: 

Victim Azan Ali (17), S/o Majed Ali, is a resident of Kharua Chandpur village, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Deganga Police Station. The family ran vegetable business and engaged some labourers to work in 

their field. Rausnara, a resident of the same village who worked there desired to marry Azan. She 

proposed before his father but was denied. The family members of the girl resorted to harsh means. A 

village meeting was called on the issue and Azan denied loving the girl. The family members of the girl 

beat him up at that time. At night Rausnara came to the house of the victim and the sister-in-law of Azan 

began chasing her with a broom. During this time the perpetrators arrived at the place and assaulted all 

the female members of the victim’s family. The BDO and a doctor named Saidul demanded the family 

of the victim to arrange for the marriage or pay a compensation of Rs.50,000. On 23 rd February 2006 

Azan was kidnapped but he escaped the next day. In the meantime the perpetrators managed to get the 

signature of Majed in a blank paper as well as a stamped paper. On 7 th July 2006 Azan was again 

abducted but he ran away this time also. Finally the victimized family resorted to Deganga Police Station 

and a general diary entry was registered on 13 th July 2006. On 1 st August 2006 Gulhera, the sister-inlaw 

of Azan was arrested during midnight without any lady police escort. The police issued no memo of 

arrest. On 11 th August 2006 a written complaint was filed before the CI of Barasat, and on 14 th August 

2006 a complaint was sent to the SP. A petition was also filed before the 1 st Civil Judge at Barasat. The 

Court restrained the perpetrators from entering the premises of the victims’ house. On 28 th November 

2006 Asgar Ali, brother of Azan was arrested during midnight, and his wife was abused by the officials 

and pushed down tearing her blouse. The next day at the station, the OIC advised Rausnara to lodge a 

complaint against the family of the victim. Asgar was produced before Barasat Court and sent to jail 

custody. He was released on bail after 28 days. Azan was also arrested and released after 21 days of 

detention. On 26 th January 2007 police again came to the house of the victim to harass them. On 24 th 

April 2008 Majed Ali was arrested based on another complaint lodged by Rausnara. 


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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Aditi Kar) 

DISTRICT – Kolkata/ Jan 28/01/2008/Sl.NO – 109 

Victim(s) : Azizul Morol 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Police 2) Local residents 

Location : Dumdum, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Azizul Morol, aged 20, is a rag picker residing in Purbapara, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Rajarhat Police Station. On 15 th January 2008 the victim was as usual collecting rubbish along with 

Azan in Dumdum area. Their vans were standing behind a canal. All of a sudden a local resident caught 

them from behind, alleging them to be thieves. Azan stated that they were not the people they were 

searching for and assured to bring their fellowmen for witness. The people stationed Azizul and sent 

Azan to bring their fellowmen. Meanwhile Azizul was subjected to severe torture and handed over to 

Dumdum Police. The policemen beat him with a wooden stick, forcing him to get into the van. The victim 

was put behind the bars. At the time of arrest police neither issued any memo of arrest not informed his 

family members. Following this Azizul was sent to Ghughudanda Out-Post from where he was taken to 

Barrackpore Court on 16 th January 2008, after the medical examination. The victim was taken to the 

court with his hands cuffed. His bail was furnished from the court after giving Rs.1,400 to the lawyer. On 

17 th January 2008 Azizul went to recover his van but the officer on duty asked two liters of petrol for the 

police van, in order to visit Bediapara, where the van was stationed. Though Azizul submitted the 

documents his van wasn’t delivered. Now the victim is not able to continue work for his poor health 

condition. His X-Ray report states that his arms are fractured. 


District-South 24 Parganas/ Jan-30/01/2008 Sl. No - 131 

Victim(s) : Bapi Halder 


Location : Behala PS, West Bengal 


Case Details: 

Victim Bapi Halder is a small businessman residing in Behala. He supplies goods to several shop 

keepers. A number of families live in the house of the victim as tenants. It was reportedly known that a 

minor girl had been raped by Bapi Halder. The matter was reported to Behala Police Station. On 29 th 

Nov. 2007 Behala Police came to the house of the victim and ransacked it. They also verbally abused 

his mother and sister using filthy words. Without giving any memo of arrest they dragged Bapi to the 

police station. The victim’s family had to pay Rs.1000 to the police officials to avoid torture on him during 

police custody. A case was filed against him & related medical examinations were done on him. During 

all this process the family members of the victim had to undergo mental torture from their neighbours, 

owing to which they vacated the house. The advocate of Bapi states that the house would be occupied 

by the tenants, and hence the police needs to help the family members to safely return to their house. 


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District – 24 Parganas ( North)/ Aug-18.08.08/ SL No. 139 

Victim(s) : Brindaban Sumar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2)S.Tomar 3)Aminur 4)Goutam Chakraborty 



Case Details: 

Victim Brindaban Sumar, aged 48 is a resident of Khedarpara village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Gaighata Police Station. On 9 th July 2008 the victim was returning home from Banagram. On the way 

he was forced by few BSF Officials to load smuggled articles in a vehicle, following which he returned 

home. On 10 th and 11 th July 2008 the BSF Officials came to the house of the victim and inquired 

unnecessarily. On 12 th July 2008 Brindaban was arrested by two BSF Officials in the name of interrogation. 

The victim was struck with their fists and kicked with shod feet. He was dragged towards the camp. At 

Banagram Angrail BSF Camp, Brindaban was hanged upside down, and beaten on his legs, back and 

hip with batons. They also kicked him with shod legs. The victim sustained severe blood injuries. 

Having gained knowledge of this the village leaders came to the camp and got Brindaban released. He 

was set free after getting signed in a written paper. Later on the victim was admitted in Bongaon G.R. 

Dhar Sub Divisional Hospital and discharged after three days. There was a deep injury on his left leg, 

and still the victim suffers pain. He also developed hearing problem due to the beating. Brindaban’s wife 

lodged a complaint at Gaighata Police Station dated 12 th July 2008 and on 15 th July 2008 thes villagers 

also submitted a mass petition before the SDO of Bongaon. But the police denied taking any action. 

Finally after a petition was filed before the ACJM, the case was taken up by Gaighata Police Station on 

1 st August 2008. All the original documents of medical treatment were taken away by the police in the 

name of investigation. But till date the police haven’t arrested the perpetrators. Though Brindaban visited 

the police station regularly it was in vain. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON (S. Mokhtar Ahmed) / 

District- North24 Parganas / Jan-30.1.2008/Sl.No.- 107 

Victim(s) : 1) Chandrabati Palle 2) Monika Palle 3) Gourab Palle 

4) Animesh Palle (a) Kartik 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Nimai Khatia, SI 2) OIC 

Location : Shanti Nagar, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Sasadhar Palle and Pacheebala Palle have three sons and a daughter. The family resides in Shanti 

Nagar, falling under the jurisdiction of South Bidhan Police Station. Sasasdhar’s elder son Bablu, 

daughter Kajal Palle, and her husband Shyam Mondal were trying to evict the rest of the family from the 

property so as to be the sole proprietors. Five years back Bablu forcibly took Sasadhar to a field and 

tried to get his signature in a court paper. When the latter denied he was battered. The matter was 


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informed to South Bidhan Police Station but they remained silent over the issue. Bablu and Shyam were 

repeatedly harassing the family. They also threatened the tenants to create problem. On 29 th January 

2008 Chandrabati Palle, W/o Dilip Palle, one of the sons of Sasadhar was beaten up. Monika, another 

relative was also subjected to torture. The perpetrators lodged a complaint against these women at 

Bidhan Nagar Police Station, following which they were arrested along with two children namely Gourab, 

aged 15 and Animesh, aged 14. The police also hailed abuses upon the victims. They were released 

after three hours of detainment, being implicated in a false case. 



Victim(s) : Debasish Das 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Shyamal Sarkar, IIC 2)Prasanto Kumar Sahana, SI 3) Police 

4) Suman Saha 5) Medical Superintendent 6) Doctors 

Location : Sovabazar, Jorabagan 


Case Details: 

Victim Debasish Das, aged 38, is a driver residing in Nandan nagar village, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Belghoria Police Station. He was the driver of the car of Mr. Suman Saha, an owner of a factory 

situated at Sovabazar. The victim took leave for two days and resumed his duty on 9 th July 2008. The 

very day he took his owner to Sovabazar and parked the car in front of Bank of Baroda. As it was 

drizzling Debasish parked the car in a shade. Not finding the car in the expected place, Suman lodged 

a complaint at Belghoria Police Station stating that the victim absconded with the car. Accordingly 

Debasish was arrested the same day at night by the SI of Belghoria and Jorabagan Police Stations 

respectively. The car and a blue colored plastic bag were seized from him. At Belghoria Police Station 

Debasish was tied with a rope and suspended, following which he was beaten by the IIC and all other 

policemen present at the station during that time. A case was started against him according to the 

complaint lodged by his owner. On 10 th July 2008 the victim was taken into police custody for four days 

by the order of the court, during which he was subjected to repeated torture every night. The IO of the 

station demanded Rs.50,000 in order to settle the case. Debasish was neither produced before the court 

on the date of hearing, nor taken to the hospital. Finally the matter came to the knowledge of the court and 

the victim was advised for treatment at R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata on 14 th July 2008. 

The matter came to the knowledge on the media also. In the meantime the IO requested the doctor to 

discharge the victim but was denied owing to Debasish’s critical condition. The advocate of the victim 

filed a petition in the court alleging that the medical reports were manipulated at the influence of the police. 

Debasish was produced before the court on 19 th July 2008 and was released under bail. The family 

members of the victim state that the incident might have been caused under the influence of the ruling 

party, who were responsible for the death of the victim’s brother ten years ago, and moreover Debasish’s 

sister Deepa Biswas was a committee member of the opposite party. 


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District –South 24parganas / Aug-19/08/2008/Sl.NO- 161 

Victim(s) : Devjani Jha 

Perpetrator(s) : Jaydeep Das, Police 

Location : Naresh Mitra Sarani, Bhawanipore 


Case Details: 

Victim Devjani Jha, aged 51, is a resident of Naresh Mitra Sarani, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Bhawanipore Police Station. The victim is the proprietor of her business named ‘Global Link Consultants’, 

and her husband Rakesh Jha ran another firm named ‘Sapphire Marine’. A client in Rakesh’s business 

had lodged a complaint against him at Bhawanipore Police Station, over some dispute. Devjani was 

also tagged in the case in spite of the fact that the victim was in no way connected to her husband’s 

business. Rakesh got bail from the court on 13 th July 2008 and Devjani got bail the next day. The victim 

duly informed Bhawanipore Police Station about the bail granted. Following this, Devjani was regularly 

harassed by Joydeep Das, IO. He even advised the victim to stay away from her husband at her 

parents’ house. On 20 th June 2008 he barged into the house of Devjani at midnight and pushed down the 

servant maid. Thus the victim is facing occasional threats from the officer in the name of investigation. 

Devjani filed a petition supported by an affidavit before the CJM Court, Alipore seeking appropriate relief. 

Though she lodged complaints before several authorities everything was in vain. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (Aditi Kar) / District- Kolkata /Jan -19/01/2008/ 

Sl.No.106, 107/Feb-1.2.2008/ Sl. No. -110 

Victim(s) : 1) Enayat Ulla 2) Soukat Hossain 3) Jahirul Islam 4) Abdul 

Quddus 5) Mohammad Dir Ali 6) Sheik Masud Sepai 7) Atiyar 

Gazi 8) Monjur Alam Gazi 9) Khokhon Gazi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) JM 2) Authorities of Correctional Home 

3) GOI 4) Bangladesh High Commission 

Location : Alipore Correctional Home 

Date of incident : 29/08/2006, 29/11/2006, July 2007 onwards 

Case Details: 

All the above mentioned victims are citizens of Bangladesh, who came into India owing to their stringent 

economic conditions. Victims Enayat, Soukat, Jahirul and Abdul were arrested by the officials of 

Rabindranath Police Station on 29 th August 2006. They were produced before the CJM, Alipore and 

sent to Alipore Correctional Home. The case was transferred to the 3 rd JM Court on 21 st November 

2006 and they were produced before the magistrate. Victims Atiyar, Monjur, and Khokhon were arrested 

by Gosaba Police on 2 nd July 2007, and produced before the CJM, Alipore. They too were sent to 

Alipore Correctional Home. The case was transferred to the 1 st JM Court on 8 th September 2007 and 

they were produced before the magistrate. Victim Sheik Masud was arrested by Kasba Police on 27 th 

December 2006, and produced before the CJM, Alipore. He was also sent to Alipore Correctional 

Home. In all the above cases, the victims’ period of detention is over but they are still languishing in 

Alipore Correctional Home. 


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District- Kolkata/ Mar-27/03/2008/Sl.No.-120 

Victim(s) : Fatema Khatun 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) S.A. Ali, SI 

Location : Basanti, Ultadanga 


Case Details: 

Victim Fatema Khatun, aged 14 is the daughter of Sahanara Bibi. Her father passed away and the victim 

works as a servant maid. The family resides in Basanti, falling under the jurisdiction of Ultadanga Police 

Station. A small quarrel picked up between Fatema and her mother, owing to which she left the house. 

Sahanara tried searching her in all possible places, but in vain. Finally a complaint was lodged in 

Ultadanga Police Station after on 27 th February 2008. The police first refused to lodge the complaint but 

after much persuasion a missing diary was registered. The missing person squad of Lalbazar started 

searching for the girl. But Fatema returned home on 1 st September 2007, and Sahanara approached all 

the police officials including the Additional Officer-In-Charge of missing person squad of Lalbazar and 

informed them that her daughter had returned. Despite this, Sahanara and Fatema were often summoned 

to the police station and asked to narrate the happening. Fatema had been trafficked to Bihar, and 

subjected to sexual exploitation. On 22 nd March 2008 the victims were taken to the local club at Basanti 

Colony, Ultadanga, and two policemen who were in civilian attire compelled her to narrate the incident in 

the presence of the Secretary. Thus the victims are still being harassed by the police, and they are 

undergoing mental torture. 



Victim(s) : Giasuddin Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Ayub Ali, SI 2) Julfikaqr Ali Mollah, IIC 

Location : Deganga PS, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Giasuddin Mondal is a resident of Basudevpur village, falling under the jurisdiction of Deganga 

Police Station. On 2 nd August 2007 the victim was arrested from his shop by the SI and five policemen 

of Deganga Police Station. At the station Giasuddin was subjected to brutal torture be the IIC. He was 

implicated in a number of cases dated 4 th August 2007. After being released from custody the victim was 

almost maimed and couldn’t resume his normal activities. Giasuddin lodged complaints before the 

SHRC, Chief Secretary, NHRC on 29 th August 2007 but no action was taken. Finally the IG and DIG 

initiated an inquiry into the alleged custodial torture upon the victim and called the concerned officials 

along with Giasuddin for an inquiry. Right from then the victim is receiving threats from the Deganga 

Police. 


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FF Code : WB/ MON (Amrita Rana)/ 

District- Howrah/ Feb-01/02/08/Sl. NO –53 

Victim(s) : 1) Himanshu Kar 2) Sumati Kar 3) Ranjit Kar 4) Saraswati Kar 

5) Avijit Kar 6) Mamata Kar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Nandi, SI 3) Arati Das 

Location : Baisabpara, Shibpur 

Date of incident : June 2007 onwards 

Case Details: 

Victim Ranjit Kar, S/o Himanshu Kar- Sumati Kar is a resident of Baisnabpara, falling within the 

jurisdiction of Shibpur Police Station. The victim had got sanctioned a plan to construct a house from 

Howrah Municipal Corporation. Arati Das, being envied lodged a complaint at Shibpur Police Station to 

prevent the construction and also filed a civil case before District Sessions Judge in the month of May 

2007. But the judgment came in favour of the victim on 20 th August 2008; but Ranjit was not able to 

continue the construction work because of police disturbances. Police frequently visited his house and 

threatened not to carry out the work. The masons were forced to stop construction. Ranjit was forced to 

appear at the station on a daily basis. On 23 rd January 2008 police ordered the victim to completely stop 

the construction work, but Ranjit ignored the threats and continued his work. 


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District – North 24 Parganas / Aug– 18/08/2008/Sl.NO- 142 

Victim(s) : 1) Ichhahque Mallik 2) Ersad Ali 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Sadhan Ghosh, 2 nd Officer 3) BSF Officials 

4) Saiad Mondal 

Location : Hariharpur village, Bagdah 


Case Details: 

Victims Ichhahaque Mallik and Ersad Ali are brothers, residing in Hariharpur village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Bagdah Police Station. On 18 th August 2008 the victims were arrested by the 2 nd Officer 

of Bagdah Police Station from their home, neither issuing any memo of arrest nor telling the reason. 

They were filed under a false theft case. On 19 th August 2008 the victims were produced before the 

ACJM of Bongaon after medical treatment at Bagdah Rural Hospital. They were sent to jail custody and 

released under bail on 10 th September 2008. The intention behind these incidents is that, a local 

smuggler Saiad Mondal tried to smuggle car from India to Bangladesh. Ichhahque noticed this and 

prevented him from carrying this activity. The car was seized by the BSF Officials, which paved way for 

a grudge. The DIB of BSF Camp talked with the family of the victims regarding the matter and assured 

to take initiative to make the victims free. 


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District –South 24parganas / MAR -14/03/2008/Sl.NO- 145 

Victim(s) : 1) Israul Seikh 2) Naz Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Anoar Mallik 2) Police 

Location : Kankuni, Pubpara 


Case Details: 

Victim Israul Seikh is a resident of Kankuni, where he has been residing for more than 50 years. Since 

the past three years the victim has been facing problems from Anoar Mallik, an immigrant from 

Bangladesh, who escaped from his country having committed some murder. This person made good 

relations with the local anti- social elements and police in the region. He used to collect money illegally 

from small businessmen of the locality. On 6 th February 2008 this Anoar came to the tea shop of the 

victim and demanded money. A year back, on 26 th February 2007 the same man came to the hotel of 

Israul and demanded money. When the victim denied it, he entered Israul’s house, scattered all the 

things and beat up his wife Nax Bibi. Israul filed a case at Alipore Court for he was ignored by the police. 

On 31 st January 2007 the OIC of Rabindranagar Police Station stopped Israul on the road, dragged him 

to the police van, took him to the station holding the nape of his neck, and forced him to sign in a blank 

paper. The same thing was repeated this time also, and Israul was brutally beaten up by Anoar, who 

also took away Rs.3000 from his house. After the destruction of the tea shop, the victim went to 

Rabindranagar Police Station, where he was advised to abide by the words of the perpetrator. On 13 

th 

February 2008 Israul send a written complaint to the SP. The local people are so afraid of Anoar that they 

fear to protest against his illegal activities. 


District- Murshidabad/July-29/07/2008/Sl.No.-206 

Victim(s) : 1) Kanai Mondal 2) Jyotsna Mondal 3) Mamoni Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Rajat Das, SI 2) Sunayan Bose, OIC 3) PCs 

4) Sandeep Kumar Yadav, BSF AC 

Location : Char Rajanagar village, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Kanai Mondal, aged 50, is a resident of Char Rajanagar village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Raninagar Police Station. The victim is a marginalized farmer and was also a social activist. His was not 

in the good report of the police, and the latter tried to trap Kanai in some way or the other. On 27 th April 

2008 Rajat Das, SI of Raninagar Police Station barged into the house of the victim along with 12 

policemen while the family was sleeping. Kanai was arrested without issuing any memo of arrest. The 

victim was just in his under garments and the police didn’t allow him to wear his lungi (casual wear 

similar to dhoti) either. The police kept Rs.3,060 found in the shirt pocket of the victim in their custody. 


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Mamoni Mondal, the daughter of Kanai protested against the illegal action of the police, and received a 

slap from Rajat Das, who was in a drunken state. Kanai was locked up and filed under two criminal 

cases in which he was not related, alleging him of offences in rioting with deadly weapons, attempt to 

murder and the like. The victim was purposefully implicated in these cases, but neither the FIR nor the 

complaints contained his name. On 27 th April 2008 the victim was produced before the ACJM, Lalbagh, 

and thereafter sent to Berhampore Central Correctional Home. It was alleged that Kanai was produced 

every month fortnightly before the court by tying him with a rope on a regular basis. On 26 th July 2008 

Kanai got bail in Raninagar Police Station, and he was released on 27 th July 2008. 


District- South 24 PGS/ Mar-29/03/2008/Sl. No.-151 

Victim(s) : 1) Kanika debnath 2) Minu Saha 3) Bishnupriya Baidya 

4) Manju Mondal 5) Puja Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Ananda Charan Sarkar, OIC 2) Subindu Sarkar, SI 

Location : Baghajatin Railway Station, Jadavpur 


Case Details: 

The above mentioned victims are members of Nari Mukti Sangha (NMS), an association for the 

liberation of women. They gathered at Baghajatin Railway Station, on the occasion of the birthday of 

freedom fighter Sahid Bhagat Singh. They carried some posters containing slogans regarding International 

Women’s Day, Price hike and Nandigram issue. Some supporters of Hawkers’s Union affiliated with 

the CITU, raised objection. They compassed these ladies and locked them inside the party room of 

CPI(M). They also let inside the female members of Ganatantrik Mahila Samiti, a woman outfit of 

CPI(M). The police of Jadavpur Police Station arrived at the place, based on the information given by 

the CITU members and arrested the victims of NMS. The victims were taken to the police station 

without a lady police escort. Based on the suo-motto complaint lodged by the SI, the victims were 

produced before the court. Kanika and Bishnupriya were sent to judicial custody on 24 th March 2008. 

The other victims were sent to the jail by the ACJM of Alipore. The victims are still in jail. They were 

alleged of committing offences for criminal conspiracy and waging war against the State. The victims 

were also alleged of being active members of the MCC (Maoists). The posters were seized and the 

FIR was filed based on hearsay evidences, stating that they were raising anti-state and anti-government 

slogans. On 24 th March 2008 the police of Nimta and Jadavpur Police Stations searched the house of 

Kalpana, Secretary of NMS without any search warrant. The same day and on 31 st March 2008, the 

members of NMS organized a protest before Jadavpur Police Station and Alipore Court but the bail 

application of the arrested victims was rejected and they were sent to 14 days judicial custody. 


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District- Hooghly/ March- 28/03/2008/ Sl.No.73 

Victim(s) : Karthick Chandra Halder 


Location : Bandhagachi, Balagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Karthick Chandra Halder and his wife Nirmala Halder were facing physical and mental harassment 

from his family since long, the result of which Karthick left his own house and dwelled in a rented house 

along with his wife, at Bandhagachi village, falling within the jurisdiction of Balagar Police Station. There 

also the victim faced problems from his neighbour Gobindo Chandra Sarkar and his wife Amina Sarkar. 

Karthick made several complaints before the police, Women’s Commission and many other 

organizations. On 27 th October 2007 Nirmala was called for an inquiry from the Women’s Commission 

but it yielded no fruit. Finally a case was filed at Chuchura Court, and the Court ordered Balagar Police 

to make arrangements for peaceful living and also stated that Karthick shouldn’t be evicted from his 

home forcibly. The victim went to the police station to deliver the copy of the court order but the OIC 

refused to receive the same. Karthick send the copy by post which angered the police that they came 

to his house at night on 8 th November 2007 along with few strangers and compelled him to sign in a 

paper which stated that he would vacate the house within 23 rd November 2007. On 9 th November 2007 

Karthick went to Bajagar Police Station but couldn’t meet the OIC. Though the victim went to the station 

many times, the OIC avoided seeing him and absented himself from the station. 


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District- Hooghly/ APR-16/04/2008/ Sl NO-76 

Victim(s) : Kisore Hambi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Priyabrata Baksi, OIC 2) IO 

Location : Singur PS, Hooghly 


Case Details: 

Victim Kisore Hambi, aged 36, is a resident of Singur village, falling within the jurisdiction of Singur 

Police Station. On 18 th February 2008 the victim was arrested by the IO of Singur Police Station in 

connection with the murder case of Shankar Choudhury, who was a witness of a bus robbery. The date 

of deposition for Shankar at Chandannagar Court was fixed on 13 th February 2008. But suddenly he 

was found missing from 12 th February 2008 and his dead body was found in Basanta Khad on 16 th 

February 2008. Victim Kisore was illegally detained in the police lock up from 18 th February 2008 to 

22 nd February 2008 and later on produced before the Court, based on the complaint filed by the brother 

of the deceased. Police took Kisore several times to Salt Lake, Kolkata for interrogation. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON(Aditi Kar)/ 


Victim(s) : Mahender Das 

Perpetrator(s) : Traffic Police s 

Location : Kalighat, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Mahender Das was assaulted by a traffic sergeant on 7 th December 2007, within the jurisdiction 

of Hare Street Police Station. He was struck on his face causing injuries, which had to be sutured. After 

lot of persuasion Hare Street Police Station registered the compliant under the protest from different 

authorities and the media. But the police were negligent about the case and didn’t take any action against 

the perpetrator, giving the reason that the name of the accused was anonymous. Complaints were also 

made before higher authorities. The DCP of Traffic Department, Kolkata issued a notice dated 26 th 

February 2008 directing Hare Street Police Station to take the case seriously. But the police were still 

negligent. In the name of inquiry Mahender was frequently summoned to various places and harassed. 


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District –North 24 Parganas / MAR-20/03/2008/Sl.NO- 114 

Victim(s) : Mantu Mondal 


Location : Kashipur Kuler Camp 


Case Details: 

Victim Mantu Mondal, aged 35, is a resident of Bangladesh. On 14 th February 2008 the victim came 

into India through the Indo-Bangladesh border near Kashipur Kuler Camp. He was a daily labourer and 

his family condition is very poor. The victim came to visit his sick maternal uncle Isahaq Mullick. The 

BSF Officials arrested him on the way to India, beat him with sticks and rifles, and detained him in the 

camp. Mantu’s left hand was fractured and the victim also sustained injuries all over his body. On 15 th 

February 2008 the officials handed Mantu over to Bagdah Police Station, who in turn produced him 

before Bongaon Court the next day. He was send to the hospital owing to his bad health. At the hospital 

the police cuffed his legs to the bed. On 26 th February 2008 Mantu was discharged and on 14 th March 

2008 he was transferred to Dumdum Central Jail. Till 17 th march 2008 the family of the victim was not 

informed regarding the arrest. After inquiry it came to light that the victim had no legal documents to enter 

into India, and the FIR revealed the fact that he was actively involved in border crime and smuggling. 


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District- North 24 Parganas/ July-14/07/08/Sl.No.- 131 

Victim(s) : Md. Aptarul Hossain (a) Aktarul Jamal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Birendra Kumar Singh, BSF Constable 2) Nandan Singh, AC 

3) Tushar Kar, OIC 4) Goutam Chakraborty, SI 5) SPs 

6) Correctional Home Authorities 

Location : Baronoberia, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Md. Aptarul Hossain (a) Aktarul Jamal, aged 21 is a resident of Baronoberia village, falling under 

the jurisdiction of Gaighata Police Station. On 15 th February 2008 the victim was working in the field, 

during which he was shot by Birendra Kumar Singh, a BSF Constable. In order to cover their offence 

the BSF created a story that the victim was a native of Bangladesh, and he was shot when trying to 

escape with two other persons. Aktarul was then taken to Bongaon Sub Divisional Hospital. The FIR filed 

at Gaighata Police Station stated that a Bangladeshi currency of Rs.300 and an iron were seized from 

him. The BSF also prepared a memo of arrest but kept the place of arrest blank. The victim was forced 

to place his thumb impression on the same. In each seizure list prepared by the BSF the officials failed 

to get the signature of Aktarul which is mandatory. After investigation it came to light that the victim was an 

Indian citizen. He was shot by the constable below the left knee when Aktarul denied that he was Akbar. 

The whole incident was witnessed by two villagers. On 8 th July 2008 the victim was shifted to Dum Dum 

Correctional Home and produced before the Bongaon Court on 24 th June 2008. He had lost flexibility in 

his left leg and couldn’t stand. It was swollen and excreting some fluid. Aktarul was admitted in Bongaon 

Sub Divisional Hospital and then shifted to Gaighata Police Station. The police prepared a memo of 

arrest dated 8 th March 2008, having got the signature of the victim in it. The next day he was produced 

before the ACJM, Bongaon and was sent to judicial custody. The same day he was admitted in another 

hospital but not treated well. The case was transferred to the Additional District & Session Judge, Fast 

track, 2 nd Court, Bongaon but the victim was not produced before the court despite repeated reminders. 

After the intervention of a Ld. Advocate demanding bail and proper medical treatment for the victim, the 

court issued order to the Superintendent of Dum Dum Correctional Home to take effective steps for better 

treatment; but the bail was rejected. The next day of the case was fixed on 20 th August 2008 and the 

police has filed charge sheet against Aktarul. 


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Victim(s) : 1) Mithu Ghosh 2) Sudhanshu Das 3) Pradip Das 4) Sahauddin 

5) Subhash Roy 6) Sandip Bagchi 7) Arup Bhattacharjee 

8) Sandip Banerjee 9) Arup Roy Chowdhury 10) Ajoy Mukherjee 

11) Jolly Bagchi 12) Sukumar Chandra 13) Partha Pratim Roy 

14) Nishikanta Jana 15) Kalipada Shaw 16) Debashish Mirda 

17) Bidisha 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Mukul Mia, SI 2) Debashish Chakraborty, OIC 3) Police 

Location : Sonachura, Nandigram 


Case Details: 

Victim Mithu Ghosh is an activist belonging to organizations called Shramik Sangram Committee 

(SSC) and Krishak Committee. The victim was arrested during the early hours of 12 th February 2008 

from Sonachura village, alleging him of inciting the people with ‘Maoist Propaganda’. Sudhanshu Das, 

the organizer of Bhumi Uchched Protirodh Committee was also arrested the same day. The police 

surreptitiously added several documents in the ‘seizure list’ prepared in the case, which Mithu never 

distributed. The victim was regularly visiting Nandigram since the outburst of people’s struggle. He also 

authored many literatures which appeared in the publications of organizations like SANDHIKSHAN, 

SRAMIK ISTAHAAR, and KRISHAK PATH. The complaint against Mithu was submitted before the 

ACJM,Haldia, which also contained the names of the above mentioned editors. A well known cultural 

activist, Jolly Bagchi by name was also included in the complaint, alleging all of them to have involved 

in conspiracy in waging war against the state. On 19 th March 2008 the arrested persons were produced 

before the magistrate but the court rejected their bail petition. The members of SSC and that of other 

organizations visited the CID, and DIG ventilating their grievances against the arbitrary police action. 

FF Code : W.B./MON(GCS)/ 

District-Murshidabad/Jan-02/01/2007 /Sl No.-148 

Victim(s) : 1) Mohidul Mondol 2) Josim Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : Bosiruddin Ahmed, SI 

Location : Rajshahi Central Jail, Bangladesh 


Case Details: 

Victims Josim Seikh, Mohidur Mondol and Sapatullah Sarkar are fishermen residing at Murshidabad. 

On 6 th Sep. 2006 the victims had gone fishing, during which they were arrested by the Bangladesh Rifle 

(BDR) Camp, which was led by SI Bosiruddin Ahmed. They entered into the Indian territory and 


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arrested the victims. They were taken to the camp, from where Sapatullah Sarkar managed to escape 

the next day. Mohidul and Josim were produced before Rajshahi Court. Lieutenant Colonel Insad Ibne 

Amin investigated the case and he alleged them of smuggling prohibited drugs. A complaint was send 

to the IG of BSF (Border Security Force) on 9 th Sep. 2006 but no step was taken. The victims were 

once again produced before Rajshahi Court on 5 th Sep. 2006, and the Assistant Sessions Judge 

declared the victims innocent, and gave orders to send them back to their native land. Despite this fact 

Mohidul and Josim are still languishing in Rajshahi Central Jail without getting any proper food. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Susmita Roy Choudhury)/ 

District- South 24 PGS /Feb-01/02/2008/Sl. No.–134 

Victim(s) : 1) Momin Sarder 2) Mina Sarder 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Nasim Akhtar, OIC 2) Azzed Ali Molla 

Location : Basanti PS, West Bengal 


Case Details: 

Victim Momin Sarder, aged 35, is a resident of Sonakhali Bazar village. His 11 year old daughter 

Raosanara Sarder was found missing from 10 th November 2007. The victim and his wife Mina Sarder 

lodged a complaint at Basanti Police Station the same day. Azzad Molla informed the parents of 

Raosanara that she was seen at Haldia, and assured to rescue her. But Momin and Mina were cheated 

by him, who drove them away stealing their money and mobile. On 13 th January 2008 Momin went to 

Basanti Police Station for lodging a complaint but the officials behaved rudely and alleged him of intentionally 

selling his daughter. On 26 th January 2008 Raosanara’s parents again went to the police station and 

talked with the newly appointed OIC Rameshwar Ojha. But again they had to face ill treatment in the 

hands of the police. They were threatened to be filed under false charges. In the meantime, Parbati and 

Madhabi Shaw, who were responsible for abducting Raosanara, entered into the police station and 

forcibly pushed the victims outside the station. Momin and Mina returned home disappointed, with no 

cooperation from the police. 


District – Murshidabad / Jan-24/01/2008/Sl.No.-158 

Victim(s) : Mukbul (a) Mukesh Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2) Bijoy Biswas 

Location : Farajipara Out-Post, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Mukbul (a) Mukesh Mondal, aged 29, is a resident of Char Parashpur village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. The victim belongs to a poor family. On 16 th January 2008 Mukbul 

was caught by few BSF Officials during midnight and subjected to brutal torture. He was beaten with 


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amboo sticks and the butt of rifles, thereby causing injuries all over his body. His hands were tied 

reversely and caused to lie on the floor of Farajipara BSF Camp. The next morning the victim was 

brought to Muradpur Company Head quarter where he was again subjected to torture. Both his hands 

and legs were severely injured. Later on the officials themselves admitted him in Sadikhan Dearh 

Hospital, from where Mukbul was arrested by Jalangi Police. On 17 th January 2008, the victim was 

produced before the Sub Divisional Executive Magistrate Court at Domkal and released under bail the 

same day. Dr. Bijoy Biswas, the doctor who attended Mukbul issued a fake certificate stating that the 

victim was medically fit, despite the fact that he was seriously injured and unable to walk. The doctor did 

so due to the pressure from the BSF. Mukbul lodged written complaints before the SDO, Domkal on 17 th 

January 2008, but no action followed. Now he is almost leading a maimed life. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Julfikar Ali) District – Murshidabad / APR- 

25/04/2008/Sl.NO- 191 

Victim(s) : Nanda Gopal Mandal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2) Sunayan Basu, OIC 

Location : Rajanagar Border Out-Post, Murshidabad 


Case Details: 

Victim Nanda Gopal Mandal, aged 38, is a fisherman residing in Char Rajapur village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. The victim lost his small piece of cultivable land during the 

erosion of river Padma, the result of which Nanda resort to fishing for sustaining his family. On 14 th 

March 2008, as usual the victim went for fishing, early in the morning, along with Jogen Chandra Sarkar 

and Subodh Mandal. At the BSF Out-Post the latter two deposited their original and legal identity card of 

fishermen issued by the District Magistrate of Murshidabad. But the officials didn’t allow them to go. 

Nanda talked back asking them to inquire with the Commanding Officer. The officials grew angry at this 

retort, and snatched their identity cards, tore it into pieces and drove them away. On 17 th March 2008 the 

victim went to Raninagar Police Station to lodge a complaint but the officials refused to receive the same. 

Finally the officer registered the complaint after Nanda stated that he would send a written complaint via 

post. But till date no action has been initiated against the perpetrators. The victims are not able to go 

fishing and their families are starving. The local political leaders are also not doing anything for the 

welfare of the public. It is generally believed that the political leaders and the BSF go hand in hand. 


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District –South 24parganas / APR-30/04/2008/Sl.NO- 154 

Victim(s) : Nilima Giri 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Somnath Das, OIC 2) Chittaranjan Das, SI 3) Alok Majhi, SI 

4) Sadananda Sau 5) Amal Chandra Sau 6) Manoranjan Sau 

7) Krishna Mohan Panda 8) Bimal Panda 9) Sankar Sau 

10) Ananda Sau 11) Guna Sindhu Sau 12) Abanti Sau 

Location : Srindharnagar, West Bengal 


Case Details: 

Sridharnagar village falls under Bada area of Sunderban, where there is no source of cultivation 

throughout the year. Hence the resident of the village went outside in search of job. The Sardars are rich 

people who assured these poor villagers to get job on contract. Thus 13 poor people of the village 

worked for few days in Bhola Sankar Alu Store; but ultimately they were ditched by the Sardars, who 

refused to pay the salary. A meeting was called to talk on the issue at the village level, but the Sardars 

lodged a complaint at Pathapratima Police Station, stating wrongful restraint, criminal intimidation, cheating 

and dishonesty. The victims hid themselves when they knew that police were searching for them. On 7 th 

April 2008 and 8 th April 2008 the OIC and SI of the station entered the house of 35 year old Nilima Giri, 

while the male members were away from home. They dragged her from the bed, pulled her sari, and 

struck her with their fists. The police didn’t spare the children also. Out of fear nobody dared to protest. 

The whole house was damaged. After this incident Nilima send a complaint to the SDPO, CI and OIC of 

Patharpratima Police Station. A case was also filed in the ACJM Court stating the criminal offences of the 

police. 


District – Murshidabad / APR-25/04/2008/Sl.NO- 192 

Victim(s) : 1) Nimai Mondal 2) Nirmala Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) PC 2) OIC 

Location : Char Rajnagar, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Nimai Mondal, aged 40, is a farmer residing in Char Rajnagar village, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Raninagar Police Station. On 5 th April 2008, the victim was working in his field, and during that time a 

BSF official came near him, asking him to vacate the place, for there was a nuisance in the locality. 

Nimai denied going stating that he had some urgent work. The official grew angry at this and started 

dragging him. When the victim protested the official was enraged and beat up Nimai brutally. Nirmala 

Mondal, W/o Nimai rushed for help hearing her husband shout. The official pushed her down and beat 

her with the butt of the pistol. He also abused the victims with filthy words. Nimai was kicked on his chest 


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and belly with shod legs. The other officials who gathered in the place dragged Nirmala to the camp with 

the intention of outraging her modesty. But she managed to escape. Her conch-bangle (holy bangle 

symbolizing marriage, according to Hindu customs) was broken. Following this incident, Kanai Mondal, 

another resident of the same village took Nimai to Raninagar Police Station and registered a complaint. 

Later on the victim was admitted in the PHC, and referred to the GH on 6 th April 2008, owing to his bad 

health. He was discharged after three days. It is to be noted that Nimai Mondal was a handicapped 

person, and still the police have not taken any action against the perpetrators. 

FF Code : WB/ Mon (Sushmita Roy Choudhury)/ 

District – 24 Parganas/ July – 31/07/08/Sl.No.160 

Victim(s) : 1) Nitya Mandal 2) Rampada Mandal 

Perpetrator(s) : Pradip Adhikary, IO 

Location : Jibantala Out-Post, Canning 



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Case Details: 

Victim Nitya Mandal, aged 65, is a resident of Mallikati village, falling under the jurisdiction of Canning 

Police Station. The victim belongs to the Scheduled Caste Community. On 12 th July 2008 there was an 

altercation between the victim and his brother Sailen Mandal over the issue of cutting a tree in the garden 

of the latter. At night Sailen entered the house of Nitya, and assaulted the family severely. Nitya’s son 

Rampada Mandal struck back Sailen with a sharp weapon. The next day, Rampada was arrested 

based on the complaint lodged by Sailen. He was produced before Alipore court on 16 th July 2008, 

following which he was sent to Alipore Central Correctional Home, under judicial custody. Rampada 

was released under bail on 21 st July 2008. The same day police entered the house of the victim and 

took Nitya to Jibantala Out-Post. There he was kicked, struck with fists and beaten with sticks. They also 

kicked on his eyes. Nitya lost consciousness inside the lock up and urinated in his clothes. The police 

didn’t allow him to change his clothes either. There were black patches all over his body. At this juncture 

Pradip Adhikary, the IO called up Goutam Adhikary, a local politician and a relative of the victim, 

demanding money from him for handing over the charge sheet of the case. Nitya was then taken to the 

Hospital. Now he is living in his relative’s house in fear of the police. 


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District- Kolkata / Feb-19/02/2008/ Sl.No.-113 

Victim(s) : 1) Noor Islam Gazi 2) Firdous Gain 3) Saidul Islam 

4) Mohammad Saidul Islam 5) Rajaul Karim 

Perpetrator(s) : Jail Authorities 

Location : Presidency Jail, Kolkata 

Date of incident : 28/07/2005 onwards 

Case Details: 

All the above mentioned victims are citizens of Bangladesh, who were forced to come into India owing 

to their poor economic conditions. They engaged in rag picking in different localities of the state. The 

victims usually stayed in a temporary shed at Kona High Road Bridge. On 28 th July 2005 the victims 

were arrested by Chanditala Police and illegally detained for more than 24 hours. On 31 st July 2005 

twelve rag pickers including the above mentioned victims were produced before the ACJM, Serampore 

Court, being alleged for assembling for the purpose of committing dacoity. On 7 th August 2006 the victims 

were convicted by the 3 rd JM Court, Serampore. The victims were accused under two cases, owing to 

which they had to face the Sessions court trail on 16 th May 2007. All the twelve accused victims were 

acquitted from the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge of First Track court; but from then 

these victims are still confined in the Presidency Jail, Kolkata. 


District-South 24 Parganas/ Jan-30/1/2008 Sl. No – 132 

Victim(s) : Patiram Sardar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Nasim Ahmed Molla 2) Raja Dey 3) Dipankar Das, SI 

Location : Canning, West Bengal 


Case Details: 

Victim Patiram Sardar, aged 57, is a resident of Sonakhali, and belongs to the Scheduled Caste 

Community. Every year the victim went on a pilgrimage to Ganga Sagar Fair with local pilgrims. During 

2008 he arranged a pilgrimage with 100 pilgrims with exchange of Rs.100 each. He contacted Nasir 

Ahmed Molla and Raja Dey for a launch, for they were agents of traveling agencies. On 10 th January 

2008 the pilgrims set out and waited at Sonakhali Jetty, but the launch never turned out. The pilgrims 

grew embarrassed and started agitating. Patiram stationed his sons and went to inquire the matter. He 

gained news that the launches didn’t have government permission. Finally the matter was compromised 

by Swapan Ghosh who arranged two boats for the pilgrims. It was also decided that the travels would 

bear the expense jointly. The pilgrims returned and Patiram went to claim the amount. The expense was 

found excessive and Biswajit, a member of the group directed the victim to collect the money from 

Canning Police Station, where he had entrusted. The SI of the station, joining hands with the perpetrators 

threatened Patiram to be booked under a false case. A BJP member intervened into the matter and 

revealed the fact that the SI didn’t carry an arrest warrant. On 21 st January 2008 Krishna Pada Ghosh 

was arrested by a false implication, alleging him responsible for all the flirt. Complaints have been send 

to the SP, and Human Rights Commission. 


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District-North 24 Parganas/Mar–31/03/2008/Sl NO – 117,118 

Victim(s) : 1) Prakash Das 2) Biswajit Choudhury 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, SI 3) PCs 

Location : Bagdah PS, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Prakash Das, aged 25 is a resident of Jiala village, falling under the jurisdiction of Bagdah Police 

Station. On 3 rd February 2008, the victim was arrested by the SI of Bagdah Police Station along with few 

other police constables, without issuing a memo of arrest, thereby violating the D.K. Basu Judgment. He 

was abused with filthy words and dragged to the police car. On the way the officials stopped the vehicle 

near Asaru Bazar and arrested victim Biswajit Choudhary, who was returning home buying goods from 

the market. Prakash asked the reason for arrest, for which he was beaten up. Both the victims were 

locked up the whole night. On 4 th February 2008 the victims were taken to the hospital and produced 

before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bongaon. On the way to the Court they were 

threatened not to open their mouths before the Magistrate. Both were released after paying a fine Rs.80 

per head. When inquired with the IO, he stated that the victims were arrested for creating nuisance in the 

locality having consumed alcohol. 


District- Kolkata/ Feb-28/02/2008/Sl.No.-115 

Victim(s) : Raben Bairagi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Police 

Location : Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Raben Bairegi, aged 38, is a rag picker residing in Basanti Nagar, Kolkata, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Ultadanga Police Station. On 20 th February 2008 the victim was taking rest in a shop, 

where the rag pickers usually sold their waste material. Three men came there in civilian attire and 

began abusing the rag pickers. All the men hid themselves except Raben, for he had undergone an 

operation few weeks back. The victim was arrested for no fault and taken to Belgharia Police Station. 

The officials neither issued a memo of arrest nor informed his family members. The officials assured to 

set him free the moment his owner arrived. It was a custom that all the owners bribe the police so as to 

ensure smooth business. A petty case was filed against Raben. The officials themselves took the victim 

to the hospital and while returning they brought liquor from a shop so as to drink it in the station. The OIC 

who arrived late commanded the officials to book the victim under a gambling case. Finally Raben was 

granted bail but he couldn’t come out as he had no money. On 21 st February 2008 the victim was taken 

to Barrackpore Court, and released from the court lock up itself without being produced before the 

magistrate. 


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District – Hooghly / MAY - 31/05/2008/Sl.NO - 79 

Victim(s) : Rakesh Kumar Chowbey 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Shankar Khaitan 2) Rameswar Mishra 3) Police 

Location : Bowbazar PS, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Rakesh Kumar Chowbey is a resident of Upper Haranathpur Road, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Uttarpara Police Station. The victim is a peon in a company named ‘Khaitan Association’ since 2003. 

The owner of the said company Mr. Shankar Khaitan opened several companies under his directorship. 

The transactions were usually through cheques, which were solely handled by the owner. Rakesh’s 

only job was to sign the cheques on the instruction of the owner. In this circumstance, a cheque 

amounting Rs.11,00,00 was missing. A case was registered regarding this at Bowbazar Police Station. 

The victim was also filed under the said case. On 24 th May 2008, Rameshwar Mishra, a police official 

of the said police station arrested Rakesh along with another staff. At the police station the victim was 

subjected to brutal torture. His mobile was snatched and the police didn’t allow him to attend the calls 

made by his family members. Shankar Khaitan, the owner was also present at the station, and with the 

help of the police he forced Rakesh to sign in few blank papers, and another paper of ICICI Bank. Thus 

the victim was tortured for six hours and finally released in a serious condition. The victim received 

treatment at Uttarpara State GH. 


District- Kolkata/ Feb-22/02/2008/Sl.No.-114 

Victim(s) : Ramprasad Roy 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Bengal Tax Association 2) OIC 3)Basudev Chattopadhay, OIC 

4) Police Driver 



Case Details: 

Victim Ramprasad Roy, aged 45, was a native of Bihar but came to Kolkata with his father to earn a 

livelihood. He began driving a taxi. On 15 th February 2008 Ramprasad took an old lady to SSKM 

Hospital. He was helping the lady come out of the taxi for she couldn’t walk properly. At that time Basudev 

Chattopadhay, OIC of Detective Department, Lalbazar came behind in a TATA Sumo, demanding the 

victim to move aside. Ramprasad talked back, which angered him that he beat up the victim with a baton 

on his right hand. Ramprasad tried to escape but was caught by the driver who showered blows on his 

face. The officer also abused him with filthy words. Meanwhile the driver tried to drive away with the taxi 

of the victim. A traffic sergeant came that way, to whom the OIC commanded to file Ramprasad under 

traffic violation case, and drove away. After they left the victim found Rs.4,000 in the dashboard of the taxi 


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missing. Ramprasad came to Bengal Tax Association who helped him lodge a complaint in Bhawanipur 

Police Station. But the OIC of the station just filed a general diary entry. The Association gave a written 

complaint to the Joint Commissioner of Police demanding action against the negligent police. The matter 

was taken up by the media, following which the Association withdrew their support owing to their political 

influence. The victim was badly injured and is mentally depressed after this incident. 


District –south 24parganas / FEB-01.02.2008/ SL.NO- 133 

Victim(s) : Rupa Roy 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Santanu Roy 2) Police 

Location : Gopalpur, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Rupa Roy, aged 33 is a resident of Gopalpur village of Kolkata. She was married to Santanu Roy 

on 14 th August 1999. Right from 2006 the victim has been residing in her mother Bakul Biswas’s house, 

because Santanu Roy had an illegal affair with Jhuma Naskar, W/o Amal Naskar, a police official. Rupa 

also has a 7 year old daughter who stays along with her. During November 2007 Santanu came to her 

house and stole some articles. The victim went to lodge a complaint at Zinzira Bazar Police Station but 

her complaint was refused, owing to the political influence of Amal Naskar. On 6 th January 2008 Santanu 

came to Rupa’s house once again and forced her to sign on a divorce paper. Rupa’s mother is a heart 

patient and thus she became ill hearing this. On 8 th January 2008 Rupa went to Zinzira Bazar Investigation 

centre to lodge a complaint but the Officer on duty abused her with filthy words before filing the complaint. 

Again Rupa’s husband came home on 26 th January 2008 and tried to take her daughter forcibly. He 

also threatened to ransack the house and abduct her along with her daughter. The victim and her 

mother have not lodged a complaint out of their fear towards the police. The economic condition of Rupa 

is also very poor and she has no sufficient money to go to Maheshtala Police Station and lodge a 

complaint. 


District- Kolkata / March-03/03/2008/Sl.No.-117 

Victim(s) : Sabeda Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) IIC 2) Women Grievance Cell 3) R. Chowdhury, SI 

Location : Shibdaspur, Naihati 


Case Details: 

Victim Sabeda Bbi, aged 35, is a daily wage labourer, residing in Shibdaspur, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Naihati Police Station. The victim is the bread winner of the family for her husband Sheikh Moslem is 

physically challenged. On 19 th June 2007 Sabeda was arrested by Muchipara Police for no cause. 

They were clad in civilian attire, and denied telling the reason for arrest. The officials neither issued a 

memo of arrest not informed the family members about the arrest, thereby violating the D.K. Basu 


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Judgment. There wasn’t any lady police escort while Sabeda was arrested. The victim was released 

after her brother-in-law bribed the police. Complaints were sent to the Commissioner of Police, SHRC 

and SWC. Mr. Pradip Kumar Dutta, the ACP assured to inquire the matter. In the meantime, the 

neighbours of the victim began to suspect Subeda as a criminal, and ill-treated her. During the month of 

February 2008 few policemen from Naihati Police Station came to the house of the victim and summoned 

her to the police station, giving a chit which wasn’t stamped. The case was taken to the Women 

Grievance Cell of Kolkata Police on 12 th February 2008, but the officials often called for Sabeda’s 

brother-in-law in relation to the case, the result of which the latter lost interest in the case and denied 

helping the victim. Thus Subeda has been facing problems from various angles. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad/Apr-18/04/2008/Sl.No.- 188 

Victim(s) : Safikul Tanti 

Perpetrator(s) : Kalyan Pramanik, SP 

Location : Uday Nagar Susil Colony, Indo-Bangladesh Border 


Case Details: 

Victim Safikul Tanti is a native of Bangladesh and came into the Indian boundary on 16 th July 2007. His 

wife Parul Bibi, daughter and two sons are residing in Bangladesh. The victim was arrested by the BSF 

Officials of Char Bhadra Camp, and handed over to Jalangi Police Station, from where he was produced 

before the CJM, Berhampore on 17 th July 2007. Safikul was sent to Berhampore Central Correctional 

Home, Murshidabad. On 27 th February 2008 the victim was convicted and sentenced to rigorous 

imprisonment for six months and a fine of Rs.200. The period expired on 18 th January 2008, but he was 

not released. The SP of the Correctional Home stated that prisoners were sent in lots of 30 at a time, but 

later it came to light that there were more than 50 prisoners in the home, who were detained under illegal 

custody. The Assistant Director of the Intelligence Bureau assured to release the victim at the earliest but 

to no avail. Safikul was suffering ill-treatment in the correctional home, and states that they had to pay 

Rs.20 per meal for getting food. 


District- South 24 PGS/ Mar-29/03/2008/ Sl.No.-148 

Victim(s) : Samir Chaki 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Salil Bhattacharya, IIC 2) Ashoktaru, IO 3) Pushpen Sarkar, ASI 

4) Sujit Babu, SI 5) Laltu Tiwari 6) Dilip Chowdhury, OIC 

Location : Thakurpukur PS, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Samir Chaki is a reputed businessman having a promoter and development business in the 

name of M/s Evergreen Consultant & Land Developers, for the past 7 to 8 years. The victim was 

working on a new project in Kalicharan Dutta Road, falling under the jurisdiction of Thakurpukur Police 

Station. The owner of this land was Mrs. Dipika Rani Bhattacharya. From April 2007 Thakurpukur 


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Police were repeatedly harassing Samir, demanding dowry. A team named P.C.Party was working 

under this police station, which often visited the site and called the victim aside to get money from his 

hands. Laltu Tiwari was one such anti-social person of the party who often threatened Samir. On 25 th 

February 2008 the IIC demanded Rs.2,00,000 from the victim which Samir refused, owing to which the 

project work was stopped from progressing. On 26 th February 2008, while the victim had gone to the 

Canara Bank ATM Center he was arrested by the Thakurpukur Police. At the station the IIC forced the 

victim to visit the station regularly like other promoters. The police also persuaded the owner of the land 

Dipika to file a false case against Samir. He was put inside the lock-up and a cash of Rs.10,000, mobile, 

ATM Card, and wrist watch were taken away from him. On 27 th February 2008 his articles were 

returned and he was produced before the Ld. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore, being 

implicated under Arms Act. There were contradictions in the FIR filed, for the place of arrest was not 

mentioned in it. The court ordered the police to remand the victim in police custody till 1 st March 2008. 

On 6 th March 2008 Lalbazar Police department took Samir under their custody, and he was produced 

before Bankshal court, following which he was ordered to be kept under police custody till 13 th March 

2008. The victim was found innocent of all the charges after investigation and he was granted bail on 13 th 

March 2008, under the condition of signing daily in the police station. During this time he was regularly 

threatened by the police officials to compromise with them. Samir also came to know that he would be 

falsely implicated in a case of smuggling drugs. The matter was informed to the SP, DIG and CM via 

post on 7 th March 2008. 

FF Code : W.B. / Mon (Tanusree Chakraborty) / 

Kolkata / Apr-30/04/2008/ Sl No–123 

Victim(s) : 1) Sanjoy Singh 2) Dhananjoy Singh 3) Akbar Khan 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) PC 2) Ismail Mondal, OIC 3) J. Khan, SI 

Location : Garden Reach PS, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Sanjoy Singh, aged 40, is the Chairman of Royal Cruiser Company, which his located at Tartala 

road. On 6 th April 2008, a police constable of Garden Reach Police Station came to the company and 

demanded bribe from the hands of Akbar Khan, the driver of the company. The latter was beaten up 

brutally for denying the same. Sanjoy and Dhananjoy Singh, the MD of the Company along with few 

other staff went to Garden Reach Police Station to lodge a complaint against the constable, but the latter 

went ahead and lodged a false complaint against Sanjoy showing injuries on his head. Thus the victim 

was beaten up by the SI and other police officials, the result of which he sustained injuries on his nose, 

left arm and face, oozing out blood. The victims were detained the whole night under illegal custody and 

in the following morning they were granted Police Station Bail. But they were produced before the Chief 

Judicial Magistrate of Alipore Court on 7 th April 2008. The Court first rejected the bail but accepted the 

second one. During these times, the police didn’t make arrangements for administering treatment for 

Sanjoy, who were severely injured. Dhananjoy send complaints to the CM, Transport Minister, Home 

Secretary, Police Commissioners, DCP, SP, OIC of Rabindranagar Police Station and OIC of Garden 

Reach Police Station but in vain. Later on Sanjoy was admitted in SSKM Hospital and underwent 

treatment for four days. 


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District – Hooghly / APR - 16.04.2008/ SL.NO – 77 

Victim(s) : Santanu Sarkar 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Bijoy Das 2) Bama Charan Mondal 3) Hakim Mondal 

4) Kesab Das 5) Kulu Das 6) Jhantu Das 7) Soumitra Banerjee 

8) Pranab Malik 9) Police 

Location : Itachuna, Hooghly 


Case Details: 

Victim Santanu Sarkar, aged 36, is a social reformer, residing in Khanan village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Pandua Police Station. For the past one and a half years the victim was fighting for the 

miserable health condition of the people in the locality. He also ran a non-political organization namely 

‘Janachetana Mancha’ which worked for the people to uphold their fundamental rights. On 12 th April 

2008 while Santanu was taking tea in a shop at Itachuna village, few people including the above 

mentioned perpetrators leaped upon the victim and beat him up brutally using bamboo sticks and iron 

rod. Santanu fell unconscious and he was hospitalized by the local people. At night the people of the 

locality went to Pandua Police Station for filing a case against the perpetrators, but the OIC denied 

receiving the written complaint given by the victim with his signature. Finally the people resorted to protest 

following which the case was registered. Eight names were mentioned in the complaint letter, but till date 

the police haven’t taken any actions against them for they were supporters of the ruling CPI(M) Party. 

The victim received treatment for three days. Earlier Santanu was arrested on 13 th September 2007 

and detained along with a tribal woman for six hours in a police van. Thus the victim is always a target 

for the police. 


District-Kolkata / July-16/07/2008/SL NO-128 

Victim(s) : Subrata Banerjee 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Samir Sarkar, SP 2) Singh, Police 

Location : Presidency Central Correctional Home, Alipore, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Subrata Banerjee, aged 22, is an under trial prisoner at Presidency Central Correctional Home, 

Alipore, in connection to a case which is pending in the Court of City Session Judge (Fast Track, IV 

Court), Kolkata. On 31 st March 2008 the victim was brutally beaten up by the Superintendent of the 

Correctional Home. Subrata and many other prisoners in the home were tortured with blades, sticks 

and rods. Subrata sustained severe injuries on his back and right hand. They were also threatened at 

gun point. The advocates of the victims alleged about the unhygienic and insufficient food and lack of 


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medical facilities. On 3 rd April 2008 the prisoners were produced before the court and the magistrate was 

surprised on seeing the physical condition of the prisoners, and issued a show cause notice to the SP. 

Samir Sarkar, the Superintendent appeared before the Court on 4 th April 2008. The magistrate warned 

him to be careful in future. After this the victim was subjected to severe torture for bringing the incident of 

custodial torture into public knowledge. Now the victims are afraid to tell anything about their condition in 

the jail. 


District-South 24 Parganas/ Jan-28/01/2008/Sl. No - 130 

Victim(s) : Tufan Das 


Location : Thakur Pukur PS, West Bengal 


Case Details: 

Victim Tufan Das, aged 24, is a resident of Bachar Para. He had a love affair with Kuheli Das of Ghari 

Beria for many years. The family members of Kuheli didn’t agree with this relationship, though Kuheli 

was an adult claiming herself 20 years of age. They decided to get married in the month of January 

2008. Accordingly Kuheli came from her house in a motor cycle and both got married on 10 th January 

2008. But on 12 th January 2008 Kuheli’s father forcibly took his daughter from the house of the victim and 

registered a false case against Tufan at Thakur Pukur Police Station. Thus six to seven policemen 

came to the house of Tufan on 14 th January 2008 and carried him to the station neither producing the 

arrest memo nor stating the reason for arrest to his family members. The officials also harassed the 

victim’s mother and sister. Tufan was produced before the Court the same day. On 25 th January 2008 

he was again produced before the court but he was denied bail. 


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FF Code : W.B./MON(Susmita Roy Choudhury)/ 

District: - South 24 Paraganas/Jan-04/01/08/Sl.No-123 

Victim(s) : 1) Abdus Sukur 2) Mohammad Iasin 3) Mohammad Rasid 

4) Mohammad Rabiul 5) Samsul Alam 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) B.R. Khan, OC 2) Samar Kanti Bhowmik, IO 

Location : Namkhana PS, Bakkhali 


Case Details: 

The above mentioned victims are fishermen residing in Bangladesh. On 15 th December 2007 they went 

across the sea with their rented trolleys from Koksh Bazar Port to catch fish. After some time the trolley 

crossed the Indian border, and coasted to the bank of the sea near Bakkhali. Few local people of that 

area snatched all the fishes. The news was informed to Mr. Tejen Das, Secretary of Kakdip Fisher 

Association, who in turn made a complaint to the Sub- Divisional Police Officer of Kakdip. Accordingly 

the victims were arrested by the OC and IO of Namkhana Police Station on 16 th December 2007. They 

were detained under illegal custody for two days, following which they were produced before the Court. 

They had a mobile and a cash of Rs.85 which was seized by the police without any mention in the 

seizure list. On 28 th December 2007 Mr. B.R. Khan and Mr. Samar Kanti Bhowmik were summoned 

to Kakdip Court as per the order of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate but both of them didn’t present 

themselves. All the victims come from a poor economic background and have no other means of 

sustenance. 


District – Hooghly/July – 29/07/08/Sl. NO. – 81 

Victim(s) : Amitava Dutta 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Swapan Chakraborty, SI 3) Police Driver 

4) Police 5) Rabibabu, IO 

Location : Naogar More, Serampore 


Case Details: 

Victim Amitava Dutta, aged 31, is a resident of Bibiber village, falling under the jurisdiction of Serampore 

Police Station. On 27 th May 2008 the victim and his wife were returning home after medical check-up of 

his pregnant wife Mousumi Dutta. On the way they were stopped by the SI, and few policemen of 

Serampore Police Station, demanding the license and other documents pertaining to the motor bike. 

Amitava had bought the bike from Bappa, whose license he possessed. When he showed the same the 

driver struck the victim, causing injuries on his right hand. The SI ordered Bappa to be brought to the 

place. Amitava rushed and brought Bappa to find nobody in the place of the incident. On 31 st May 2008 

few officials of Serampore Police Station barged into the house of the victim and carried away the TV and 

VCD Player. Mousumi went to Serampore Police Station and pleaded with the IO to get back the stolen 


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items but the officer demanded Amitava to surrender. The victim surrendered before the ACJM Court, 

Serampore on 26 th June 2008. A petition was also filed before the ACJM, Serampore the same day 

claiming return of the seized items. On 2 nd July 2008 once again police officials broke open the lock of 

victim’s house and carried away the Election Identity Card, Ration Card and a cash of Rs.800. Amitava 

then approached the members of Trinamul Congress Party (TMC). Mousumi also lodged a complaint 

to the SDPO. The police on the other hand state that the victim is an anti-social person and had assaulted 

the police. In fact Amitava was injured on his right hand and the doctor advised him to take an X-Ray. 

FF Code : W.B/MON / S. Muktar Ahmed/ 

North 24 Parganas /JAN: 30/01/08/Sl. No. 106 

Victim(s) : Anup Debnath 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sital Singh, HC 2) PCs 

Location : Gobindapur Border Out-Post, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Anup Debnath is an agricultural labour residing in Purbapalta village, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Swarupnagar Police Station. On 31 st December 2007 seven constables knocked the house of the 

victim and pounced upon him the moment the door was opened. Anup was subjected to several 

beatings, dragged to the police jeep and taken to Gobindapur Border Out-Post. He was taken to several 

places, and when his eyes were untied he witnessed few panchayat members with whom the BSF 

Officials were negotiating. Anup also witnessed Basudeb Sarkar being alleged of engaging in smuggling 

of cattle. After some times the victim heard the sound of firing and within few minutes Basudeb was 

brought inside the camp dead. Following this incident, Anup was send to Swarupnagar Police Station 

being registered under a case, alleging him of causing hurt to a public servant, attempt to murder, and 

theft. He was produced before Basirhat Court from where he managed to get bail. 


District- Murshidabad/ Jan-19/01/2008/Sl.No.-153 

Victim(s) : Chaira Bewa 

Perpetrator(s) : Premasis Chottoraj, SI 

Location : Paikmary, Domkol 


Case Details: 

Victim Chaira Bewa, aged 45 is a resident of Paikmary, falling under the jurisdiction of Domkol Police 

Station. The victim’s husband went to Bangladesh and never returned. She has a 18 year old daughter 

who is married. Sahajamal Seikh brought some flour for Sobebarat festival, and gave it to his wife Layla 

Bibi. Layla forgot to store the flour in a container, the result of which a dog ate up everything. Sahajamal 

was angered at this and beat up his wife. The relatives from both side arrived and a heated quarrel 


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picked up. The maternal uncle of Sahajamal was killed during this scuffle. After these things the perpetrators 

attached to the murder confessed their guilt at Berhampore Court, and released under bail on 8 th 

January 2007. Again these perpetrators attacked the relatives of Lalya, by blasting bomb. The family 

members of Lalya died on the spot. The matter was reported to the SI of Domkal Police Station. He went 

to the house of Sahajamal and Bellal Seikh along with eight policemen for investigation. Bellal was away 

from home, and the SI misbehaved with his widowed sister Chaira Bewa. He abused her with filthy 

words and assaulted her, owing to which the victim was hospitalized. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (GCS)/ 

District- Murshidabad/ Jan-16/01/2008 /Sl No.-151 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Dilip Singha Roy 2) Bimal Singha Roy 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) SI 2) PC 3) Santosh Kumar Roy 4) Rathindra Nath Saha 

5) Bulbul Seikh 6) Pradip Saha 7) Rabindranath Saha 

8) Banez Mondal 

Location : Farajeepara Border Out-Post, Murshidabad 



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Case Details: 

Victim Dilip Singha Roy, aged 28 was a resident was Taltali village, falling under the jurisdiction of Jalangi 

Police Station. The victim was a student of Jalangi Rabindra Mukta Bidyalaya. Dilip had some knowledge 

about electrical equipments, and took this as a part time job for incurring expenses for his studies. On 

26 th December 2007 Rathindra Nath Saha came from the Farajeepara BSF Camp and took Dilip for 

repairing some electrical problem in the camp. The victim rectified the problem and returned home. Dilip 

was again called to the camp late in the evening. The victim first hesitated but the villagers convinced him 

to go. Dilip checked the problem and stated it couldn’t be repaired immediately, and requested them to 

wait till the morning. But he was forced to repair it immediately. Thereby Dilip was handling the transformer 

and died of electric shock. The victim was taken to Sadhikar Dewar Hospital and the post mortem was 

conducted on 27 th December 2007. An unnatural death case was registered at Jalangi Police Station. 

The BSF Officials bribed the family of the deceased with goods like rice, potato, mustard oil, fish and 

spices in order to shut their mouths. The BSF Officials also sought the help of the village head Santosh 

Kumar Roy to work in their favour. Bimal Singha Roy, the father of Dilip was forced to sign in a blank 

paper. 


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District- Murshidabad / July-29/07/2008/Sl.No.-204 

Victim(s) : Khalek Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Official 2) Biswasbabu, BSF Constable 

3) BSF Inspector 4) OIC 

Location : Kaharpara village, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Khalek Seikh is a poor farmer residing in Kaharpara village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Raninagar Police Station. The victim cultivates crops in the leased land of Hekmatulla Sarkar. This land 

was located in the border, which was exclusively used by the smugglers for illegal works with the 

assistance of BSF Officials, thereby causing damage to the crops, sustaining heavy financial loss for the 

farmers. Khalek heard of a trespass into his field on 19 th June 2008, so he went to guard the field. During 

that time the smugglers were chased by the BSF Officials and few cattle were seized. A patrolling 

company consisting of six Officials entered the field of Khalek . Biswasbabu hit the victim on the right side 

of his head with an iron rod. Khalek fell unconscious, but the officials made him stand straight, following 

which he was delivered repeated blows with their iron rods on both legs and feet. There were severe 

deep cut injuries on both his legs and head. The officials sensing his critical condition left the victim in a 

pool of blood. Khalek was finally rescued by the villagers. He was rushed to a local doctor and is still 

under treatment. He has spent nearly Rs.15,000 for his medical expenses. A written complaint was 

lodged before the SP of Murshidabad dated 7 th July 2008 for initiating a criminal case against the BSF 

Officials but to no avail. 

FF Code : WB/ MON (Julfikar Ali)/ 

Murshidabad/ Feb-25/02/08/ SL NO – 166 

Victim(s) : Kuran Mia 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Jawan 2) Soniram Inwati, BSF Commander 3) Dr. Utpal 

Location : Kaharpara Out-Post, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Kuran Mia, aged 40, is a resident of Ramnagar village, falling under the jurisdiction of Raninagar 

Police Station. On 19 th February 2008 the victim was brutally attacked by a BSF Jawan, for refusing to 

carry out the order of the latter. The jawan had asked Kuran to catch a person who was running away, 

and when the victim refused he was assaulted so brutally that the bone on his left hand cracked. Kuran 

went to lodge a complaint to Soniram Inwati, the Company Commandant. The officer send the victim to 

Raninagar Hospital in the police vehicle but didn’t take any action against the perpetrator. He was 

admitted in Berhampore District Hospital and treated by Dr. Utpal, who didn’t mention the name of the 

accused jawan on the register of injury report. This incident was published along with the photograph of 

the victim in a leading newspaper namely ‘Sambad Pratidin’ dated 22 nd February 2008. Thereafter the 

victim wanted to go to Raninagar Police Station to lodge a complaint but he was taken to the Kaharpara 

Camp by two BSF Officials who were with him, and bribed with Rs.800 so as to shut his mouth. Kuran 

is now scared of the police and doesn’t want to lodge complaints anywhere. 


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District- Murshidabad/ Jan-19/1/2008 SL NO-155 

Victim(s) : Mujibor Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Prosenjit Sarkar, PC 2) BSF 3) Mathu, SI 

Location : Bamnabad BSF Camp, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Mujibor Seikh, aged 37, is a cultivator residing in NolBona Colony, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Jalangi Police Station. The victim had gone to Bamnabad Out-Post on 22 nd November 2007 for 

submitting his voter identity card, in order to take permission for cultivating his land which is near the 

Indo-Bangladesh border. His name was not enlisted in the BPL (Below Poverty Line) Scheme. When 

Mujibor reached the camp he was subjected to severe assault by few jawans, following which he 

received treatment at Sagar Para PHC. There were severe injuries all over his body. The reason 

behind this vengeance is that Mujibor served as an agent for the BSF Officials, in effectuating the illegal 

practices. There were many agents like Mujibor. Due to lack of money the victim couldn’t become 

close with the BSF. One day he informed D.I.B Probodh Singh, of Bamnabad BSF Camp about a 

smuggler named Gopal Mondal who was going to export Phensedyl (drug). Thus a disagreement took 

place between the victim and other smugglers, the result of which Mujibor quit smuggling. After the 

incident that took place on 22 nd November 2007 the victim was called to the camp many times by the SI 

in order to negotiate but Mujibor never went. His voter identity card is also seized and he is leading a 

miserable life. 

FF Code : W.B./ MON(S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/ 

District- 24 PGS (N)/ JAN-011/01/2008/ Sl No.-102 

Victim(s) : 1) Mosaraf Molla 2) Ruslam Molla 3) Esarul Molla 

4) Amzad Molla 5) Rafikul Molla 6) Saidul Molla 7) Faruk Molla 

8) Roshan Hara 9) Majida Bibi 10) Sarina Bibi 


Location : Amudia, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Mosaraf Molla, aged 60, is a resident of Amudia Majhee Para Balti, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Swarupnagar Police Station. All the above mentioned victims are residents of the same village. 

These villagers live within the distance of 200 yards from the Indo- Bangladesh border. On 15 th Dec. 

2007, in the early hours of the morning around 15 to 16 BSF Officials entered the village and began to 

attack the villagers indiscriminately. They used sticks as their main weapon, with which they beat all 

whom their hands could find, despite age, sex or asnything. The villagers started fleeing from the place. 

The matter was reported to Swarupnagar Police Station and a general diary entry was filed on the same 

day. The injured villagers were sent to Sarapul Rural Hospital by ASI Biswajit Sarkar. The OIC of the 

station stated that the fencing wire of the border area was genuinely destroyed but the miscreants could 

not be identified. 


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FF Code : W.B./ MON( Julfikar Ali)/ 

District- Murshidabad/ Jan-19/01/2008/Sl.No-156 

Victim(s) : 1) Nayan Molla 2) Alpona Khatun 

Perpetrator(s) : BSF Constable 

Location : Khayertola Out-Post, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victims Nayan Molla, aged 12 and Alpona Khatun, aged 11 are siblings. Nayan is a student of class six, 

and his sister Alpona is of class five. Their father Nobi Molla is a fisherman, who daily went to the river 

near Indo-Bangladesh border to catch fish. The family dwelled in Shibnagar, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Raninagar Police Station. On 10 th December 2007 the victims were cutting grass near Khayertola 

Out-Post, during which a constable of the BSF started beating them mercilessly, and abused them with 

filthy words. Nayan was injured all over his body. The officer caught the hair of Alpona and beat her. 

Some of the villagers rushed to the spot and saved the children. The victims were hospitalized. The 

villagers protested over the issue, and the Company Commander of the BSF asked the officer to 

apologize. The police officials of Raninagar Police Station refused to start any case against the perpetrators. 


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Victim(s) : Obeydul Molla 


Location : Bamnabad BSF Camp, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Obeydul Molla, aged 38, is a resident of Lalkup Colony village, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Raninagar Police Station. The family of the victim lived in a deprived condition, and was not included in 

the BPL (Below Poverty Line) list. Obeydul was involved in the trade of trafficking fertilizer across the 

Indo-Bangladesh border. He had secured consent of some BSF Officials by bribing them Rs.100 per 

bag of fertilizers, for trafficking them into Bangladesh on 17 th July 2008. An associate of the victim Tunu 

Seikh by name was also engaged in the illegal deal, but the BSF Officials doubted him, the result of which 

a constable of the BSF Out-Post started beating Obeydul with bamboo sticks, thinking he didn’t bribe 

him. Finally after the victim disclosed the matter that Tunu was his associate he was let free to go have 

treatment. Obeydul was seriously injured. On 17 th July 2008 the victim lodged a general diary entry at 

Raninagar Police Station regarding this assault. 


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District – 24 Parganas ( North)/ Aug-16/08/08/Sl. No. 136 

Victim(s) : Panchu Das 


Location : Biswas Para, Gaighata 


Case Details: 

Victim Panchu Das, aged 24, is a resident of Purir Math village, falling under the jurisdiction of Bongaon 

Police Station. The victim was arrested by few BSF Officials under the allegation of smuggling cattle. The 

officials struck on his shoulder and tied his hand with a chain. Thereafter more officials came to the place, 

pushed down Panchu and beat on his hips, legs and hands using sticks. They also kicked him with 

shod legs. The victim was thrashed on his leg nearly 20 times. The officials threatened to murder him 

and forced him to help them search the cattle. Thus 5 cattle were recovered. Later on Panchu was sent 

home in an auto rickshaw. The victim was then hospitalized and received treatment for three days. 

Panchu is still suffering pain and limping. The victim didn’t register a case against the BSF Officials at 

Bongaon Police Station owing to his fear. The hospital also refused to hand him the injury report without 

a no-objection letter from the police station. 


District- Hooghly/ March- 07/03/2008/ Sl.No.-70 

Victim(s) : Pradip Saha 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Police 

Location : Rishra, Hooghly 


Case Details: 

Victim Pradip Saha, aged 42, is a social activist, who also taught painting for students. On 25 th February 

2008 few police officials came to the house of the victim and tried to break open the main gate. Few 

officers were in their uniform and few in civilian attire. Sujata Saha, the wife of the victim asked for the 

search warrant. The police started abusing her with filthy words and began searching for a heavy metal 

to break open the door. The driver of the police jeep brought a heavy iron rod, with which the police tried 

opening the lock. Meanwhile the neighbours intervened and the police were compelled to leave. Pradip 

Saha was earlier arrested on 21 st February 2005 and had to spend 6 months in detention for two cases 

with which he wasn’t connected. The victim had circulated a leaflet under the name of two organizations 

namely Gana Pratirodh Mancha (GPM) and Biplabi Yuba League (RYL), which contained strong 

remarks against the land acquisition in Dankuni. On 25 th February 2008 in retaliation the police attacked 

his house with the allegation of being a Maoist activist. Pradip had to move cautiously and he was not 

able to stay in his house at night. 


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District-Kolkata / July-15/07/2008/Sl. NO-127 

Victim(s) : Rajamoy Mukherjee 

Perpetrator(s) : Traffic Constable 

Location : Kasba, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Rajamoy Mukherjee, aged 24, is a resident of Sree Nagar Main Road, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Goria Police Station. The victim is a reporter of Orion Production and Communications Private 

Limited. On 7 th July 2008 Rajamoy was assaulted by a traffic police. The victim was gazing at the belt of 

the police, ensuring whether the quotation ‘Truth must prevail’ was found. The police was angered at this 

and slapped Rajamoy. He was also abused with filthy words. A friend of the victim who was witnessing 

these things went and brought the colleagues of Rajamoy. The police was afraid and tried to escape. 

Finally after much persuasion he stated the reason for assaulting the victim. He also denied going with 

them to Kasba Police Station. Sooner Rajamoy was taken to the hospital. Amit Tiwari, one of the victim’s 

colleague lodged a complaint at Kasba Police Station. Since then Rajamoy is living under threat. 


478 

FF Code : W.B. / MON ( Gopen Ch. Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad/ Feb- 12/02/2008/Sl.No.-163 

Victim(s) : 1) Rani Seikh 2) Laila Bewa 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Constables 2) Bikash Chandra, BSF Commander 

3) OIC 4) Dr. Utpal Chatterjee s 

Location : Kaharpara BSF HQ, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Laila Bewa is a widow having three children. After the demise of her husband the victim found it 

hard to maintain the family, for they had no agricultural land too. Laila’s father-in-law gave her a piece of 

land which was located near the Indo-Bangladesh border. Smuggling activities are rampantly practiced 

in connivance with a section of BSF Jawans. The local smugglers used to smuggle cattle through the 

land of Laila during night hours, the result of which the crops were damaged. Hence her son Rani Seikh 

goes to the field to guard the crops. On 26 th January 2008 while Rani was guarding the field he was 

assaulted by the local smugglers when the victim prevented them. They beat him with wooden batons 

and butts of the rifles. They even kicked him. The BSF Jawans arrived at the place and stripped him 

naked. As they were ready to kill Rani, the villagers got out hearing his shout. Rani fell unconscious and 

was taken to Godhanpara PHC. Still the victim hasn’t recovered. On 28 th January 2008 Laila went to 

Raninagar Police Station for lodging a complaint but the officials refused to receive it. 


2007

FF Code : W.B./ Mon (Gopen Ch. Sharma)/ 

District- Murshidabad / Feb-26/02/2008/Sl.No.-174 

Victim(s) : Saiful Mondal 


Location : Taltali village, Jalangi 

Date of incident : 2007 Onwards 

Case Details: 

Victim Saiful Mondal, aged 48, is a grocer residing in Charparaspur village, falling under the jurisdiction 

of Jalangi Police Station. The victim lost his land during the erosion of River Padma. So Saiful used to 

buy grocery items from a market, located 18 kilometers away from his village. He used to bring 50-60 

kilograms of rice, 20-25 kilograms of flour and other materials in order to sell and make a living. From 

2007 the BSF Officials didn’t allow Saiful to bring more than 2 kilograms of rice per week. The victim 

required 20 kilograms of rice per week for his family members alone. Thus he faced problems in his 

business. The officials had also beat up the victim when he was carrying 50 kilograms of rice for his 

business. They kicked and slapped the victim, causing him to bend. Saiful send complaints to the DM 

of Murshidabad, SP of Berhampore, SDO of Domkal, BDO of Jalangi, OIC of Jalangi Police Station and 

the Commander of BSF, Farajipara Out-Post; but to no avail. 


479 

FF Code : W.B./ MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/ 

District- 24 PGS (N) / JAN-19/01/2008/ Sl No.-103 

Victim(s) : Sambhu Nath Sarkar 

Perpetrator(s) : Satpal Singh, BSF Constable 

Location : Amudia, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Sambhu Nath Sarkar, aged 54, is a Clerk at Nabodkhali K.M.C School, residing at Amudia, 

falling under the jurisdiction of Swarupnagar Police Station. On 27 th December 2007 the victim was 

returning home and passing through Amudia market. All of a sudden he heard all the shops lowering the 

shutters. Ram Kumar Tomar, Company Commander of BSF Jawans (Police) had arrived at the place 

and threatened the innocent shop keepers to close the shops. Sambhu, who was passing that way 

encountered a Jawan, who beat him up with a wooden baton. The victim fell down shouting in pain. 

Thereafter Sambhu attended a local doctor. He also lodged a general diary entry on 28 th December 

2007 at Swarupnagar Police Station. It came to light that the officer who had assaulted Sambhu was 

Satpal Singh, Constable of BSF. 


2007

FF Code : WB/ MON (Amrita Rana)/ 

District – Howrah/ APR-18/04/2008/Sl. NO-65, 66 

Victim(s) : 1) Sk. Saifuddin 2) Papan Sk. 


Location : Panchla PS, Howrah 


Case Details: 

Victim Sk. Saifuddin, aged 32 is a businessman, residing in Hat Panchla village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Panchla Police Station. On 10 th March 2008 the local union of businessmen organized a 

strike for the illegal arrest of a jewel shop owner. The rally was attacked by another mob sparking a 

sudden riot in the area. The two groups got into fierce fighting, as a result of which several shops were 

ransacked, and put under fire. At midnight Panchla Police Officials, along with 50 to 55 constables 

arrived at the place and started raiding many houses. Victim Sk. Saifuddin was a patient under prolonged 

treatment. Police entered his house breaking open the door and beat up the victim, his mother and wife. 

He was taken to the police station despite the fact that he was patient and implicated in a false case. The 

police were clad in their civilian attire, and they also threw away their holy books. The same day, victim 

Papan Sk’s house was also raided. He too was a businessman. The victim was arrested under the 

allegation of being the team leader of the offenders. The police handed him over to a group of Hindu men, 

who beat him up brutally. Following this Papan was taken to Panchla Police Station and beaten up in the 

lock up. His mother was also not allowed to meet him. Thus 18 persons were arrested in this scuffle, 

and the police state that the offenders belonged to two religions and were found guilty. 

FF Code : W.B./MON (S.Mukhtar Ahamed)/ 

District-North 24 Parganas/Mar-10/03/2008/Sl.No.-112 

Victim(s) : 1) Sunil Das 2) Subol Das 3) Ramesh Das 4) Sukumar Das 

Perpetrator(s) : Gouranga Nag, ASI 

Location : Bangaon PS, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victims Sunil Das, Subol Das, Ramesh Das and Sukumar Das are daily wage labourers residing in 

MoniDas Para, falling under the jurisdiction of Bangaon Police Station. On 21 st January 2008 the four 

were returning home from work. They were sipping tea and chatting, and suddenly the ASI and three 

constables of Bangaon Police Station barged into the house and arrested all four without issuing any 

memo of arrest. The police were heavily drunk, and dragged them to the station without paying heed to 

their pleas. They were detained in the lock up under the allegation of engaging in illegal trading of liquor. 

On 22 nd January 2008 the police sent three victims except Sunil Das to the Court, implicating them in 

petty cases of committing public nuisance. Sunil was detained under illegal custody for three days and 

later produced before the Court, implicated in a petty case. The Court released him on a payment of 

Rs.60 as fine on 25 th January 2008. 


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District- Howrah/ March-07/03/2008/Sl.No. 59 

Victim(s) : Surajit Saha 

Perpetrator(s) : Partha Chatterjee, Traffic Sergeant 



Case Details: 

Victim Surajit Saha, aged 32 is a resident of Howrah. On 4 th March 2008 the victim and his friend Ajay 

were passing through B.B.D Bag area in his own motorbike bearing number WB-12 S-9433. Surajit 

stopped the bike at the road crossing. A Traffic Sergeant Partha Chatterjee came to the victim and 

demanded the driving license. When the victim produced the same, the officer started writing something 

against Surajit. When asked the reason, the officer stated that the helmet he was wearing was not 

bearing an ISI mark. Another person crossed that way without wearing a helmet. Surajit questioned the 

police for leaving him, which angered him and began to rebuke the victim stating to mind his own 

business. He also threatened to take Surajit to the police station owing to which the victim left the place. 

Ajay was witnessing all these and recorded the conversation in his mobile, and also took few snaps of 

the incident. 

FF Code : W.B./Mon (S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/ 

District-24 PGS (N)/Jan-02/01/08/Sl.No.-100 

Victim(s) : Residents of Angrail 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2) Tushar Kar, OIC 


Date of incident : - 

Case Details: 

Large populaces of farmers are residing in Angrail, falling under the jurisdiction of Gaighata Police 

Station. The area is located near the Indo-Bangladesh border. Everyday thousands of cattle are transported 

to Bangladesh and the smuggled cattle are driven through the cornfields of the villagers, causing serious 

damage to the land. Most of the villagers belong to the lower income group and have to cultivate crops 

taking loan from the bank. Hence they are not able to repay the loan. The cattle caught by the BSF 

officials are auctioned at cheap rates. Fifty percent of the cattle are auctioned at the rate of Rs.1,300 to 

Rs.2,000 whereas the market value is Rs.17,000 to Rs.22,000. The best quality cattle were smuggled 

to Bangladesh with the help of a section of BSF by paying Rs.6,000 to Rs.7,000 per trip. The camp 

commander has a good number of cattle stocked in a cowshed duly guarded by the BSF Officials. Few 

local influential people having political inclination also play a vital role in this. Daily hundreds of Bangladeshi 

citizens are involved in illegal trading across the border in connivance with the BSF. Villagers were 

frequently tortured by the BSF Officials if they dared to protest against such atrocities. A local farmer 

Khagen Bala was allegedly murdered by the smugglers on 18 th June 2006. Though mass petitions 

were submitted to various higher authorities it yielded no fruit. 


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2007

FF Code : W.B. / MON ( Julfikar Ali)/ 

District- Murshidabad/ Feb- 25/02/2008/ Sl.No.-167 

Victim(s) : Villagers of Char Rajanagar 


Location : Char Rajanagar, Raninagar 

Date of incident : February 2008 

Case Details: 

The villagers of Char Rajanagar, falling under the jurisdiction of Raninagar Police station, are cultivators. 

Their fields are located in the border. The BSF Officials have posted their camps inside the village, 8 to 

10 kilometers away from the original border, because of the erosion of lands into River Padma. The 

farming lands of the villagers are located beyond the camps, as a result of which the villagers had to 

submit their voter identity cards standing in a long queue every day before going to their fields. Thus a 

huge area has become vacant near the border due to the posting of camps inside the village. The 

victims also faced problems in building temporary houses to keep their machinery and tools, as they 

had to seek permission from the BSF Officials to build these. Moreover the villagers are also restricted 

to harvest crops, and the crops cultivated already were taken away by the Bangladeshi infiltrators. The 

victims were not able to rear their cattle which was another source of livelihood for them. They had to 

collect ‘no objection certificate’ to cultivate in their own land. On 8 th January 2008 a mass petition signed 

by 158 local villagers was submitted before Mr. Biswas, the BDO, who in turn replied that the victims 

have to follow the rules of the border. 


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483 

06-Extra Judicial Killing 

2007


District-24 PGS (N)/Apr- 05/04/08/Sl.No.-120 

Victim(s) : (Late) Arup Mondal (a) Khokan 

Perpetrator(s) : Faruk Ahmed, BSF Constable 

Location : Koijury camp, North 24 Parganas 


Case Details: 

Victim Arup Mondal (a) Khokan, aged 18, was a resident of Choto Bankra village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Swarupnagar Police Station. The victim belongs to a poor family, owing to which he 

smuggled cattle to earn extra bucks. On 13 th February 2008 Arup was going towards Kaijuri with a calf 

to earn Rs.50 by transporting it. BSF Jawans spotted him in the area and fired twice on his chest. The 

victim died on the spot. The local villagers agitated before the BSF Jawans but the latter opened fire in the 

air to disperse the villagers. Assistant Commander Vijay Kumar brought allegations against the deceased 

that he was trying to smuggle cattle in the border area. A BSF Constable named Faruk Ahmed shot at 

Arup in order to protect himself. No written complaint was lodged by the victim’s family against the BSF 

Officials owing to fear, and till date they have not received the post mortem report of the deceased victim. 


484 

FF Code : W.B./MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/ 

District- 24 PGS(N)/ JAN-01/01/2008 

Victim(s) : (Late) Kalidas Ghosh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Ram Dhan Rathore, PC 2) IIC 



Case Details: 

Victim Kalidas Ghosh, aged 17 is a student of Angrail Bidyamandir High School. On 28 th December 

2007 the victim along with few schoolmates went to the playground in order to decorate it for the Annual 

Sports Day. After completing the work the boys were playing. Kalidas was in his school uniform. While 

they were playing, the ball reached the Out-Post accidentally. The officials of BSF (Border Security 

Force) started chasing the boys and fired at them. The victim was caught in this and died on the spot. At 

evening the body was taken for post mortem to J.N. Dhar General Hospital, Bongaon. On 29 th December 

2007, the local people went on to protest but they were disbursed by lathi charge. Krishnapada Ghosh, 

the maternal uncle of the deceased lodged a complaint with Gaighata Police Station on 28 th December 

2007, but the BSF also lodged a counter complaint against Kalidas, alleging him for attempting to assault 

and murder the public servant. Mr. Monoj Kumar, a BSF Official came to the house of Kalidas on 30 th 

December 2007 for compromising the case, and it is believed that the family was offered money for 

mutual settlement. 


2007

FF Code : W.B/Mon (Gopen Ch. Sharma)/ 

Murshidabad/Jan - 31.1.07/ Sl.No. -162 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Mintu Molla 2) (Late) Jabbar Mondal 

3) Bajlur Rahaman 4) Mainul Mollah 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Upendra Roy, BSF Police 2) Anil Mishra, BSF Police 

3) Somnath Banerjee, OIC 4) Tuhin Biswas, SI 

5) Snehasis Dirghangi, SDPO 6) CI 

Location : Mouja Shibnagar, Murshidabad 


Case Details: 

India shares a considerable border with Bangladesh which is not so explicit. The Government of India 

erected fences and a boundary road to prevent infiltration. In these areas many local people who have 

resided there for centuries cannot gain entry into their own land without the permission of the BSF. On 

11 th July 2006 victims Mintu Molla and Jabbar Molla were returning home from their fields. Without 

warning the BSF Officials bounced over the victims and shot them dead. The next day morning, Bajlur 

Rahaman Mondal, elder brother of Jabbar and Mainul Molla, a relative of Mintu went to Jalangi Police 

Station to lodge a complaint against the BSF Officials. But the OIC refused to register the case and drove 

them away threatening not to arise against the BSF. Despite the complaints send to the SP of Murshidabad 

no action was taken. On 4 th September 2006 police from Jalangi Police Station came to the shop of 

Bajlur Rahaman and forced him to sign in a document. The case was taken to the Chief Judicial 

Magistrate Court, Berhampore on 31 st August 2007. Jabbar and Mintu were found innocent, but the 

case was not taken up for the victims had expired. 


District – North 24 Parganas / Aug– 18/08/2008/Sl.NO- 141 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Rejaul Mondal 2) (Late) Jaynal Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Monaj Kumar, BSF Constable 

2) Babul Saha, BSF Commander 3) OIC 

Location : Mashampur Border Out-Post, Bagdah 


Case Details: 

Victims Rejaul Mondal and Jaynal Mondal, aged 30 and 23 respectively were residents of Supukar 

village, falling under the jurisdiction of Changachia Police Station. The victims were used by the BSF 

Officials to smuggle cattle across the border and in this process shot down on 19 th July 2008. Rejaul fell 

down inside the Indian territory and the other in Bangladesh territory. The bodies were handed over to 

Bagadh Police Station, who in turn registered an unnatural death case dated 19 th July 2008. The post 

mortem was conducted at J.R. Dhar Sub Divisional Hospital, Bongaon, following which the bodies were 

handed over to Bangladesh Rifles. The BSF Officials promptly lodged a complaint after the incident 

against the deceased victims at Bagdah Police Station, under punishment for criminal trespass and 

obstructing the public servant in discharge of public functions. The Bagdah Police filed the FIR on the 

basis of the complaint lodged by the BSF on 19 th July 2008 and the FIR was placed before the ACJM 

Court on 5 th August 2008, i.e. after several days from the date, which in itself is a violation. 


485 


2007

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma) 

District- Murshidabad /July-29/07/2008/Sl.No.-205 

Victim(s) : (Late) Sentu Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Ganeshan, BSF D.I.B 2) BSF Jawans 3) OIC 

Location : Mouza Udanarayanpur, Jalangi 


Case Details: 

Victim Sentu Mondal (19), S/o Ershad Mondal was a resident of Chakmathura village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. The victim was a student of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Academy. His father 

owns some land at Mouza- Udayanarayanpur, located near the border. The surrounding lands are 

heavily affected by the illegal smuggling activities carried out by the local smugglers. On 17 th June 2008 

Sentu went to smuggle cattle for the first time under the influence of some local persons. Suddenly they 

were chased by the BSF Officials of Singpara BSF Head Quarter. While others managed to escape, 

Sentu was caught and dragged to the camp. The officials beat him mercilessly. Ganeshan, the DIB 

attached to the Camp also beat Sentu with the butt of the rifle, and ruptured his genitals. There were 

injuries all over his body. The officials drowned his body into river Padma. At evening the body surfaced, 

following which it was sent for post mortem to Berhampore GH. The police of Jalangi Police Station filed 

an unnatural death case dated 19 th June 2008. The father of the deceased lodged a written complaint on 

24 th June 2008 before the SP of Murshidabad, bringing allegations against the guilty BSF Officials but the 

police failed to initiate action against the perpetrators. 


District-24 PGS (N)/Feb- 12/02/08/Sl.No.-110 

Victim(s) : (Late) Serajul Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : H.N. Boro, BSF Constable 

Location : Madhupur Bridge, Bagdah 


Case Details: 

Victim Serajul Mondal, aged 14, S/o Rezaul Mondal was a resident of Hariharpur village, falling under 

the jurisdiction of Bagdah Police Station. The victim was living in Delhi, and had come home for Eid 

festival. On 24 th December 2007 Serajul went to meet his mother in Bangladesh, and while returning he 

was shot down by the BSF Jawans (Police). The father of the deceased states that his son didn’t die of 

firing, for there were deep injuries on his chest, as if assaulted with a sharp weapon. According to Sunil 

Yadav, Assistant Commander of BSF, five to six persons were coming from Bangladesh on the day of 

the incident. The officers fired at them for crossing the border without paying heed to the orders. The 

body was handed to Bagdah Police Station on 25 th December 2007, several hours after the death. The 

police registered a case of unnatural death. The BSF had lodged a complaint against Serajul, alleging 

him of criminal trespass, and assaulting the public servant. The family members of the deceased are 

afraid of lodging complaints against the BSF. They haven’t received the post mortem report till date 

despite various efforts. 


486 


2007


District –North 24 Parganas / MAR-31.03.2008/ Sl.No- 116 

Victim(s) : (Late) Shyampada Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : Naresh Singh, BSF Constable 



Case Details: 

Victim Shyampada Mondal, aged 18, was working in Nepal at a shoe factory. He had come home to 

take more workers with him. On 24 th December 2007 the victim was returning home, and the cattle 

smuggling team was passing that way. All of a sudden the BSF Jawans fired at them by which the victim 

was injured. Shyampada’s mother reached the place and the victim narrated everything to her before 

dying. Subhas Gangua, Assistant Commander of BSF asked the victim’s family to compromise the 

case, and not take it the police. He also requested the OIC of Gaighata Police Station to settle the matter. 

The latter gave the family of the deceased Rs.10,000 so as to shut their mouths. The BSF Officials had 

lodged a complaint against Shyampada dated 24 th December 2007, but the Investigation Officer (IO) 

who handled the case suggested the victim’s family to lodge case against the BSF Officials, but the latter 

refused owing to their fear. 


District- Murshidabad/ March-20/03/2008/Sl.No.-183 

Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Sirajul Seikh (a) Siarul Seikh 2) Ramjan Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Constable 2) Sunayan Bose, OIC 3) BSF Commander 

Location : Kaharpara Out-Post, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Ramjan Seikh is a resident of Kalbalitala village, falling under the jurisdiction of Raninagar Police 

Station. The victim has no land and worked as a daily labourer. His youngest son Sirajul Seikh, aged 18 

decided to smuggle cattle across the border in order to sustain the family. He went out with his neighbour 

Aminul Seikh on 10 th February 2008 for this purpose. The victim was trying to smuggle cattle across the 

border near Kaharpara Out-Post. Sirajul was new to this profession. The BSF Officials traced them and 

began firing. All others who were with the victim managed to escape but Sirajul was shot into his chest 

through the right hand side ribs. He fell dead, and the following morning the body was sent to Raninagar 

Police Station along with a sharp weapon and a buffalo. Raninagar Police registered a case, alleging the 

deceased of attempt to murder, causing hurt with a dangerous weapon, and disobeying the orders of 

public servants. The body was sent to Lalbagh Sub-Divisional Hospital for post mortem. The father of the 

victim lodged a written complaint on 6 th March 2008 before the DM of Murshidabad against the BSF 

Officials for murdering his son, but no action followed. 


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District- Murshidabad/Aug-15/08/2008/Sl.No.-210 

Victim(s) : (Late) Sobuj Seikh 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Jawans 2) Sunayan Basu OIC 

Location : Mohangunj Out-Post, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Sobuj Seikh, aged 32 was a citizen of Bangladesh, who settled in Khanpur village of Rajshahi 

district, falling under Motihar Police Station. The family of the victim consists of his father, wife and two 

small boys. On 26 th July 2008 Sobuj along with few smugglers went towards the Indo-Bangladesh 

border with the intention of smuggling cattle. They were crossing a temple situated near Mohangunj 

border area. Suddenly the BSF Jawans (Police) chased them. Though others managed to escape the 

victim was caught in the hands of a constable who fired him down. Sobuj died on the spot and his body 

was not taken for examination either. Later on the body was taken to Raninagar Police Station, and on 

27 th July 2008 it was transferred to Lalbagh morgue for post mortem, following which the body of the 

deceased was sent to Kaharpara BSF Camp the next day. The BSF lodged complaints against the 

deceased at Raninagar Police Station dated 27 th July 2008, alleging him of rioting armed with deadly 

weapons, unlawful assembly, obstructing the public servant, rash driving and attempt to murder. The 

local people confirm the truth of the incident but the OIC of Raninagar Police Station denied giving any 

details regarding the case. 


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489 

07-Police Firing 

2007


District – Hooghly/ July – 15/07/08 /Sl. NO. – 80 

Victim(s) : Arjun Dhara 

Perpetrator(s) : 1)Priyabrata Baksi, OIC 2)Police 3)Kalyan Mukhopadhyay, SDPO 



Case Details: 

Victim Arjun Dhara, aged 27, is a resident of Khaser Bheri village, falling under the jurisdiction of Singur 

Police Station. The victim belongs to the scheduled caste community. On 27 th June 2008 the farmers 

of the said village including Arjun went on a protest against Tata Small Car Project. The protesters went 

to break the boundary wall of the project area. The OIC of Singur Police Station arrived at the place but 

couldn’t succeed in dispersing the protesters. He called the SDPO for help who arrived with 5 lady 

police and 30 armed police officers. The police used tear gas, rubber bullets and wooden logs to 

disperse the mob. Six agitators including Arjun were severely injured. Six policemen were also injured 

during the assault. Both the groups were hospitalized and received treatment. The Head of the Gram 

Panchayat lodged a complaint on 16 th July 2008 to the SP of Chinsurah. The police on the other hand 

have filed cases against the protesters but none of them are arrested. But they state that the victims 

might be arrested at any time. 


District- Murshidabad/July-29/07/2008/Sl.No.-209 

Victim(s) : (Late) Shilajit Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) M.M. Islam, BSF Constable 

2) J.R. Chowdhury, BSF Commander 

Location : Char Rajanagar village, Murshidabad 


Case Details: 

Victim Shilajit Mondal, aged 15 was a dropped out student residing in Rajanagar village, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Rajanagar Police Station. On 23 rd July 2008 few smugglers were trying to cross the 

border with some bags of fertilizers. The victim was at that time sitting in front of his house, which was 

located beside the main road. Islam, a BSF Constable came that way and inquired Shilajit about the 

smugglers in hindi. Since the victim was not familiar with the language he couldn’t reply properly. Being 

enraged at this the constable dragged the victim and started beating him. As the people rushed to the 

spot hearing the victim’s cry the constable shot Shilajit with his pistol, following which he fled from the 

place. Kanai Mondal and other villagers admitted the victim in the hospital but his health started 

deteriorating. Finally Shilajit breathed him last. The local people assembled in the road showing agitation 

against the BSF, but the Company Commandant fired 11 rounds of bullets upon them to stop the 

agitation. It came to light that Islam had shot the victim in his fury for he had not received bribe from the 

smugglers who crossed the border that day. Upon the complaint lodged by the mother of the deceased 

a case was started against Constable Islam, but Berhampore Police Station stated the death of Shilajit 

as an unnatural one. 


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491 

8-Police Rape(Violence Against Women) 

2007



Victim(s) : Mabia Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) OIC 2) Rajat Das, SI 

Location : Raninagar PS, Murshidabad 


Case Details: 

Victim Mabia Bibi, aged 25 is a resident of Seikhpara village, falling under the jurisdiction of Raninagar 

Police Station. On 10 th July 2008 there was some controversy between the victim and her neighbour 

Taju Bibi, W/o Rasul Seikh. Both husband and wife beat up Mabia brutally. On 11 th July 2008 the victim 

went to Raninagar Police Station for lodging a complaint against her neighbours, but to her astonishment 

the SI abused her with filthy words; and filed Mabia under a fabricated case. She was forcefully detained 

in the lock up. Following this the victim was produced before the Sub Divisional Magistrate Court at 

Domkal the same day, and thereafter released under bail. An eye witness affirms that the SI abused 

Mabia with filthy words. 

FF Code : W.B. / MON ( Julfikar Ali)/ 

District- Murshidabad/Feb- 15/02/2008/ Sl.No.-164 

Victim(s) : 1) Renuka Mondal 2) Belu Rani Mondal 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Constables 2) BSF Commander 3) OIC 

Location : International Border Pillar, Raninagar 


Case Details: 

Victim Renuka Mondal, aged 40, is a resident of Chor Rajapur Paschim Colony, falling under the 

jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. The victim is a widow. She was working in her field located at the 

International Border on 10 th February 2008. Two BSF Constables approached Renuka for satisfying 

their sexual urge. When the victim refused she was beaten with sticks and abused with filthy words. The 

perpetrators tried to strip her naked and attempted to rape her. Hearing her shout Belu Rani, who was 

working in the adjacent field rushed to find the officials so aggressive. She fled from the place in fear and 

came back after some times. Then both the victims and few others went to the BSF Camp, and narrated 

the incident to the OIC of Chor Moirosi BSF Camp. The officer called the accused in the presence of 

everybody. All of a sudden he began to assault Renuka and Belu with sticks preventing them from 

narrating the matter. The victims returned home without any justice. Renuka went to Raninagar Police 

Station on 11 th February 2008, but the police just registered a general diary entry rather than filing a 

criminal case. They neither initiated investigation nor took any action against the perpetrators till date. 

Thus the women in the villages are becoming victims in the hands of a section of BSF, and the 

administration is playing the role of mere spectators. 


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District-Kolkata/Aug-16/08/2008/Sl. NO-130 

Victim(s) : 1) Sabina Khatun 2) Sajida Bibi 

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sunanda Bose 2) Police 3) BSF Officials 

4) Special Branch Police 5) Officers of Customs 

6) Officers of Immigration 7) BSF Commandant 8) OIC 

Location : All Bengal Women’s Union, Kolkata 


Case Details: 

Victim Sajida Bibi, aged 45 is a widow, residing in Basanti colony, falling under the jurisdiction of 

Ultadanga Police Station. The victim was implicated under Foreigners’ Act in Park Street Police Station. 

Sajida was living with her daughters Sabina Khatun and Nasiba Bibi in the above mentioned address for 

decades. Sabina was looked after and sheltered by an organization named ‘All Bengal Women’s 

Union. Sajida was communicated by the organization through another organization named ‘Society for 

People’s Awareness’. Thus the victim was send a communication stating to bring clothes for her 

daughter Sabina, for she was going to be deported to Bangladesh of late. On 10 th August 2008 when 

Sajida went to visit her daughter as usual she was not present in the home, and the authorities refused 

to give any explanation. Sabina was pushed back to Bangladesh on 23 rd July 2008. Sajida and her 

second daughter Nasiba were forcibly confined in a room. The same day they were arrested by the 

police of Park Street Police Station neither issuing any memo of arrest nor showing any reason. It was 

revealed that the following organizations were involved in the deportation of the victim: All Bengal Women’s 

Union, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), BSF at Haridaspur Border, Kolkata Police (Special Branch), Customs 

Department, Immigration Department, Assistant Commandant and the representatives of BNWLA from 

Bangladesh. 


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