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Early the next day, Mr. Mondal went to Domkal PS to lodge a written complaint against Tiarul
and Saihidul Islam. There, Officer In-charge Sri Primashish Chattaraj, SI Khudiram Babu and
SI Saokat Saikh claimed that the complaint was fake, used derogatory language and threatened
to arrest Mr. Mondal for creating unnecessary problems.
Within two days, the police called local Gram Panchayat Nurabul Islam and asked him to
resolve the matter before Tiarul and Saihidul and their guardians. Several days later, Nurabul
Islam spoke to the guardians. However, they refused to take any action against their sons.
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Since then Mr. Mondal lodged several complaints against Tiarul and Saihidul Islam but the
police refuse to take any action against them; one officer even fined Mr. Mondal RS 500.
Jilal Mondal also lodged complaint to Sub-Divisional Police Officer named Sri Snehashish
Dirghangi on 15 September 2006 to the SP, but they have not taken any action.
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Victim(s) : Rekha Banerjee
Perpetrator(s) : Mr. Uttam Banerjee, Investigating Officer
and others officers of Behala PS
Location : In the house of Smt. Rekha Banerjee
Date of incident : 20/01/2005
Case Details:
The victim Smt. Rekha Banerjee owned two flats. After the death of her husband, her brothers
Mr. Ajit Kumat Mitra and Mr. Ashoke Kumar Mitra started living with her and appointed a
caretaker, Mr. Prabir Mitra, for the second flat.
Annual Report on Torture
2007
Mr. Prabir Mitra started indulging in unlawful activities inside the flat. As a result, the society
members of the flat requested that Prabir Mitra leave. On 20 January 2005, Prabir Mitra along
with some local antisocial, members of the local club “Maha Jagrata Sangha” criminally
trespassed into Rekha’s house and demanded the key to the other flat. When Ashoke refused
to give them the key, they locked him in a room and beat him with rods, kicks and their fists.
Rekha Banerjee and Ajit Kumar Mitra also were injured when they attempted to help Ashoke.
Ashoke fell unconscious from the attack. The perpetrators then left, but threatened to return.
Rekha took Ashoke to the hospital. Rekha was forced to tell the hospital that Ashoke suffered a
head injury when he fell in the bathroom. On 21 January 2005, Ashoke died in the hospital. The
Hospital Authority released the body without making any post mortem and Rekha did not
receive a death certificate.