03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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2007, Sadique attacked Anwara while she was pregnant, beating her in the abdomen. Anwara<br />
took shelter at her mother’s house and told her family about the abuse. On 3 May 2007, Anwara<br />
attempted to lodge a complaint against her in-laws at the PS, but they would only make a record<br />
in the General Diary.<br />
Anwara’s family attempted to settle the matter with her in-laws, but the in-laws threatened them<br />
and refused to meet. On 10 July 2007, Anwara’s family submitted a written complaint to the<br />
police about their failure to act on the matter. Anwara then went to the PS, where the police sent<br />
her to a women’s cell and tried to persuade her to resolve the matter with Sadique. Mr. Sasanko<br />
Chakraborty, the Officer-in-Charge of the local PS and duty officer Mr. S. Biswas repeatedly<br />
have refused to act on Anwara’s case.<br />
FF Code : W.B./MON (Sabitabrata Ghole)/<br />
Howrah/July—28/07/2006/SL. NO.—2<br />
Victim(s) : Aparna Chatterjee @ Rama Chakroborty<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Ajit Kumar Nag, OC<br />
Location : Bantra PS, Howrah District, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
Date of incident : 24/07/2006<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
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Case Detail:<br />
On 30 January 2004, victim Aparna Chatterjee, age 21, married Biswajit Chatterjee. Her family<br />
provided a large dowry, but soon Biswajit Chatterjee’s family started to demand more. Aparna<br />
Chatterjee’s father Kanai Chakroborthy arranged to provide an additional Rs. 35,000.<br />
Biswajit Chatterjeee’s family suggested that Aparna Chatterjee starve or kill herself. Aparna<br />
Chatterjee also received phone calls threatening her death unless she secured more money<br />
form her family.<br />
At some point, Aparna Chatterjee’s brother-in-law Padu Chatterjee made an indecent advance<br />
toward her, and is alleged to have written down his demands of her.<br />
Aparna Chatterjee approached Bantra PS and tried to lodge a complaint. The officers in station,<br />
instead of recording her complaint, turned down her request and sent her back. It is alleged that<br />
in the process the police officers also tried to make a joke of Aparna’s situation by blaming her<br />
for what she was facing.<br />
On 24 July 2006 at around 2.00pm, Bhaksar Roy, a neighbour of Kanai Chakroborthy, received<br />
an anonymous telephone call informing him that Aparna Chatterjee had suffered serious burns<br />
from an accident and had been admitted to the SSKM Hospital.<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />
2007
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