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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Susmita Roy<br />

Choudhury)/24 PGS(S)/April-25/04/2007<br />

/Sl.No.-51<br />

Victim(s) : Lucy Mondal (33)<br />

Perpetrator(s) : (1) Officer In-charge, Thakur Pukur PS,<br />

District – South 24 Parganas.<br />

Location : Chalkthakurani Village<br />

Date of incident : 19/06/2006<br />

<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />

144<br />

Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />

2007<br />

Case Details:<br />

Victim Lucy Mondal married Nanti Rafael Mondal in 1993. On the third day of her marriage her<br />

husband went to Mascut. Thereafter Daniel Mondal, her father-in-law, raped her three times and<br />

also physically and mentally abused her. Lucy Mondal’s mother-in-law was aware of the<br />

situation, but advised Lucy Mondal to adjust.<br />

In September, Nanti Rafael Mondal returned to his home and the victim told Nanti what had<br />

happened. Nanti, however, supported his father. Nanti Rafael Mondal regularly had sex with<br />

different women and forced his wife to have sex with other men to earn money. When she<br />

refused to do so, Nanti Rafael Mondal brutally beat her.<br />

One day her mother-in-law Tarumaria Mondal and Daniel Mondal forced her to consume<br />

poison. Lucy’s brother-in-law admitted her at Nilratan Sarkar Medical College. Mr. and Mrs.<br />

Daniel Mondal cleared the matter with the police by bribing them. Thereafter, Lucy Mondal and<br />

her husband lived separately.<br />

On 19 th June 2006, Lucy Mondal went to lodge a complaint at Thakur Pukur PS. The Police only<br />

file a General Diary Entry. Daniel Mondal and his family members unsuccessfully tried to burn<br />

Lucy using flammable gas. When they failed, they beat her.<br />

Two local residents admitted Lucy at Bidyasagar Hospital. When Lucy returned from the hospital<br />

a police officer demanded Rs. 3000/- to negotiate the matter in front of Nanti Rafael’s parents and<br />

Rinku Chowdhury and Aparna Bose, two members of a local women’s organization. Lucy<br />

Mondal was unable to pay the money and so the police refused to take any action.<br />

Thereafter, Lucy Mondal started living with Sujata Mukherjee as a maid servant. On 9 April<br />

2007, Sujata Mukherjee went to Thakur Pukur PS and lodged a complaint against the Mondals<br />

related to the 19 June 2006 incident. Officers of the PS registered the one case and arrested<br />

Nanti Rafael Mondal and his parents. All of them posted bail the following day.

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