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

West Bengal
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Case Details:
FF Code : W.B./ MON (Susmita Roy Choudhury)/
4 PGS(S)/April-14/04/2007/Sl.No.-48
Victim(s) : Siuli Roy
Perpetrator(s) : 1) POs Ghutiari Outpost
Location : at residential house of Rajib Halder of
Village-1no. Biddhyadhari, Post office-
Basar, Police Station – Canning, District
– South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
Date of incident : 02/03/2007
Victim Siuli Roy, age 7, live in the village of Bidhyadhar, South 24 Parganas, District.
On 2 March.2007, Roy’s neighbor raped her. The rapist is a cadre of the local ruling party. The
rapist threatened Roy that she would suffer consequences if she told anyone about the rape.
On 5 March 2007 Siuli disclosed the rape to her mother. Roy’s parents confronted the rapist’s
father, who offered Roy’s parents Rs. 1000 to settle the matter. The parents rejected the offer and
attempted to lodge a complaint with the Ghutiari Sarif Outpost. However the officer on duty
refused to register the complaint and then threatened to imprison Roy’s family if they continued to
pursue the matter. The Ghutiari Outpost Investigating Officer now continuously harasses the
Roy family.
Annual Report on Torture
2007
Case Details:
FF Code : W.B./MON(Murari Dey)/Hooghly/
Aug-18/08/2007/ Sl. No.-45
Victim(s) : Soma Santra
Perpetrator(s) : POs Dadpur PS
Location : In a pond at Harit village, 150 meters
away from residence of the victim
Date of incident : 30/06/2007
Victim Soma Santra, age 12, lived in Hooghly, West Bengal. On 30 June 2007 at 09.00pm,
Santra went to relieve herself outside. She never returned home.
On the same day, Santra’s grandfather lodged a missing person complaint with the Dadpur PS.
On 2 July 2007, Santra’s body was found in a pond, which was 150 meters away from her
house. A towel was tied around Santra’s neck. Dadpur PS police officer arrived to investigate.
However, they did not interrogate an individual living in a residence identified by the police dog.