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

On 2 July 2007, a case of unnatural death was registered at Dadpur Police Station dated 2 nd July
2007 under section 302/201 of Indian Penal Code. However, the police have not arrested any
one, and have not reviewed the post mortem report.
Case Details:
FF Code
Victim(s)
Perpetrator(s)
Location
Date of incident : 08/04/2007
: W.B./ MON (Susmita Roy
Choudhury)/ District-24 PGS(S)/
April-11/04/2007/Sl.No.-46
: Smt. Sovarani Paik
: POs Ghutiari Sarif Outpost
: Village- Piyali, Post- Kalaria, Police
Station-Canning, District- South 24
Parganas, West Bengal
Victim Sovarani Paik is a resident of Piyali Village. On 8 April 2007, Paik chased her neighbor’s
cow from her land because the cow had been eating her crops. Paik’s neighbor and his family
subsequently attacked Paik with an iron rod. Paik fell to the ground, and her attackers continued
to punch and kick her. They also attacked Paik’s daughter.
At 8.00pm, Paik attempted to file a complaint against her neighbor at Ghutiari Sarif Out Post. The
official refused to file the complaint and verbally abused Paik. After several requests, the outpost
finally recorded a General Diary Entry, but they did not take any subsequent action. Paik’s
neighbor has told her that the police would not take action against him.
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Case Details:
FF Code : File No.W.B./ MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/
24 PGS(N)/June-14/06/2006/Sl.No.-2
Victim(s) : Sujata Nath
Perpetrator(s) : PS serving Sthir Village
Location : Naihati PS
Date of incident : 12/06/2006
Victim Sujata Nath, age 22, lived in Sthir Para village, North 24 Parganas District.
On 12 June 2006 at 8.00am, Nath’s husband attempted to burn Nath to death. Nath’s brother
took Nath to the hospital. Nath died at 12:00pm.
The only action the police have taken is to request that Nath’s brother lock the door where the
burning occurred.
Annual Report on Torture
2007