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On 9 February 2007, Deepa Roy went for tuition but did not return home that the normal hour.
She was not found until 10.00pm.
Deepa Roy was examined by a local doctor, who identified that she had been raped and referred
her to the J.R. Dhal Hospital (Bongaon General Hospital).
Gopal Roy informed Deepa Roy’s uncle Harekrishna Roy that Deepa Roy had met with a
bicycle accident. Harekrishna Roy rushed with another of Deepa Roy’s uncles, Patirosh
Haldar, to the hospital, where they found that Deepa Roy had serious injuries caused by rape.
Gopal Roy was present at the time.
At 11.30pm, police officers from Gaighata PS arrested Gopal Roy at the Hospital in front of his
father. They did not produce any warrant.
Harekrishna Roy and Patirosh Haldar had Deepa Roy rushed to Kolkata R.G. Kar Hospital for
better treatment. There, the doctors demanded the case number and said that they could not
proceed with the treatment without a complaint, as this was a rape case. Therefore, Harekrishna
Roy lodged complaint at the Gaighata PS against Gopal Roy on 10 February 2007 u/s 376 IPC.
ASI R. Biswas was appointed as the Investigating Officer.
On 12 February 2007, Gopal Roy was produced before the court. OC Jogindranath Dutta of
Gaighata PS had fabricated documents to show that Gopal Roy had been arrested at the
Chandan Market on 11 February 2007. The police strongly opposed granting bail to Gopal Roy.
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FF Code
Victim(s)
Perpetrator(s)
Location
Date of incident : 05/06/2007
: W.B./ MON (Susmita Roy Choudhury)
/ 24 PGS(S)/ June-21/06/2007/
Sl.No.-60
: Gour Haldar
: Unnamed OC
: Baruipur PS,
South 24 Paraganas
Case Details:
Victim Gour Haldar runs an illicit liquor ship.
On 2 May 2007, Japai Naskar was murdered in Begumpur village. When the police investigated
the murder, they came to the village several times and pressured the locals to disclose the
names of local miscreants. Because of Gour Haldar’s business, the police assumed that he
might know something. They proceeded to ransack Gour Haldar’s uncle’s house.
Annual Report on Torture
2007