03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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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.