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Later, ASI R.N. Pan came to Archana Saha’s house and demanded Rs. 300 for Sandhya
Halder’s treatment. Archana Saha tried to tell the ASI what had actually happened, but he would
not listen.
Archana Saha went to North Suburban Hospital, where Dr. Manabendra Roy x-rayed her left
hand. Archana Saha took the medical report to the police station. The police again refused to
help her, but a journalist from the Rajasthan Patrika Lakhan agreed to assist her.
On 22 May 2007, the police lodged a General Diary Entry.
FF Code : W.B./MON (S. Moktar Ahmed)/District - 24
PGS (N)/July-23/07/2007/Sl.No-46
Victim(s) : 1) Arpita Saha; 2) Manju Mistry; 3) Anita
Mridha; 4) Kamini Datta; 5) Rina Balmiki;
6) Shanti Mondal; 7) Tumpa Datta; 8) Lal
Ram Balmiki; 9) Madhab Manna; 10) Kanai
Saha; 11) Sital Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Govindo Ganguly, Chairman, Kamarhati
Municipality; 2) PO, Belgharia PS
Location : 8 Sambhu Nath Mukherjee Road, Aryadah,
Belgharia, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal
Date of incident : 22/07/2007
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Case Detail:
The victims were all tenants of Dilip Ghosh, a leaseholder of a tenanted property for 99 years. All
tenants used to pay rent every month to Dilip Ghosh. Dilip Ghosh promised to transfer the lease
to the tenants’ name, but died without having done so.
After the death of Dilip Ghosh, his family and the tenants argued over the lease. The tenants filed
a case in the Court of Learned Executive Magistrate against the family members u/s 144(2) Cr.
P. C.
On 22 July 2007 at around 11.00pm, Dilip Ghosh’s son Jayanta Ghosh came with three to four
hundred local people to the property, intending to demolish the building with the ostensible motive
of clearing garbage. The tenants protested. Some of the demolishers pulled and tore the sarees
of the female tenants.
Annual Report on Torture
2007