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On 21 January 2005 Rekha and her nephew lodged a complaint at Behala PS. Thereafter, she
visited the PI several times to request that the PI investigate the matter and to inform him that
Prabir Mitra and others regularly threatened her to withdraw the complaint.
On 24 February 2005 Rekha filed a complaint to the SP of South 24 Parganas. Then, having no
alternative, Rekha put the matter before the Hon’ble High Court and registered dated under
section 304/34 of IPC against Prabir Mitra and others, on 24 September 2005. The POs
arrested Shubhas and Apai. But after 15 days, they were released on bail.
On 28 October 2005 investigating officer Uttam Banerjee and Behala SI locked victims in a cell
and forced them to provide signatures for two letters, which were written by the police.
On 7 July 2006 Rekha lodge a written complaint at Behala PS. Investigating officer Uttam
Banerjee and Behala SI told Rekha not to bring the matter to media or press and suggested she
close the matter.
West Bengal
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FF Code : W.B./MON(Murari De)/Hooghly/Sep-04/09/2007/
Sl.no. 48
Victim(s) : 1) Sk Montaj Ali; 2) Sk. Amjad Ali; 3) Sk. Siyaj Ali
Perpetrator(s) : POs Chanditala PS
Location : Chanditala PS
Date of incident : 27/08/2007
Case Details:
Victims Montaj Ali, age 43, Amjad Ali, age 40, and Siyaj Ali, age 25, are brothers all live in Akuli
village.
On 27 August 2007, at around 12:00pm, Amjad and Siyaj were working in their farm lands
when they witnessed some men (hereinafter, “the attackers”) destroying their paddy plants.
When Amjad and Siyaj protested, the attackers beat them with sticks all over their bodies.
Amjad and Siyaj sustained fractures all over their faces and bodies. Montaj arrived on the
scene to help his brothers, but the attackers also beat him.
Chanditala PS police officers arrived on the scene and took the brothers to the police station for
medical treatment.
The police officers also registered a case against the attackers. However, the Chanditala PS
police officers only arrested those attackers who surrendered themselves to the police. The
Chanditala PS police officers did not take any actions to independently pursue the other attackers.
Annual Report on Torture
2007