03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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FF Code : W.B./MON(Sabitabrata Ghole)/<br />
Howrah/July-29/07/07/Sl.No.-35<br />
Victim(s) : Dinabandhu Bairi<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Mansur Mohammad Daud<br />
Hossain, OC<br />
Location : Udaynarayanpur PS, Howrah<br />
District, <strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
Date of incident : 24/07/2007<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
224<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />
2007<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Dinabandhu Bairi, age 32, lives in Sitapur village, Howrah district. He is a daily wage<br />
labourer at a tailoring shop, and a strong activist for the local political party Trinamul Congress.<br />
On 23 July 2007 the Trinamul Congress party held a programme for submitting a deputation at<br />
the Block Development Office, in which Dinabandhu Bairi took part. The BDO was not present<br />
in his Office that day, so his assistant requested the party members to submit their deputation<br />
before him. However, the party members did not agree; they became angry because their<br />
programme was fixed beforehand. They locked the BDO Office and went to Udaynarayanpur<br />
PS, where they agitated ever more strongly. Someone among them threw stones at the police<br />
station. The police conducted a lathi-charge and drove them away.<br />
The police filed a case against eleven of the party members, including Dinabandhu Bairi, u/s<br />
147/148/149/186/323/353/325/308/427/506 IPC, 3 PDPP Act, and 9 MPO Act. The case is<br />
now pending at Ulubaria Court.<br />
That night, the police started a raid in the Sitapur area.<br />
On 24 July 2007 at around 8.30pm, while Dinabandhu Bairi was at the tailoring shop, OC<br />
Mansur Mohammad Daud Hossain arrived and started to insult him. The OC ordered<br />
Dinabandhu Bairi to go to the Udaynarayanpur PS with him. Dinabandhu Bairi wanted a few<br />
minutes to close the shop, but the OC refused to give him any time. The OC pulled Dinabandhu<br />
Bairi out of the shop by force, kicked him, slapped him, and insulted him. The OC then dragged<br />
Dinabandhu Bairi to the police station and put him in the lock-up. The police did not prepare<br />
arrest memo, nor did they inform Dinabandhu Bairi’s family members of his arrest.<br />
On 25 July 2007, Dinabandhu Bairi was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate<br />
Court, Ulubaria. He told the judge about his abuse by the OC. The judge sent him to the Ulubaria<br />
Sub-Jail.<br />
On 3 August 2007, Dinabandhu Bairi was again produced before the Court, where he was given<br />
bail.<br />
Dinabandhu Bairi’s father sent written complaints to the Superintendent of Police (Howrah) and<br />
to the District Magistrate (Howrah). No action has been taken.