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Case Details:
FF Code
Victim(s)
Perpetrator(s)
Location
Date of incident : 23/10/2007
: File No. W.B./ MON (Julfikar Ali)/
Murshidabad/Oct-30/10/2007/
Sl.No.-130
: 1) Paresh Mondal
: 1) D.I.B. Murshidabad 2) SI,
Kakmari BSF 3) Police,
Khayertala Out Post
: Khayertala Out Post, Murshidabad
Victim Paresh Chandra Mondal was a fisherman who was fishing at the Padma River. While
returning home, he witnessed two smugglers trying to smuggle buffaloes with the help of some
BSF police. Suddenly, an officer from the District Intelligence Bureau (DIB) arrived. The
smugglers hid the buffaloes and fled from the place.
The DIB Officer caught Paresh and struck him, causing him to fall down. He DIB Officer beat
Paresh on his waist with his baton. Other fishermen who had accompanied Paresh were also
beaten. The DIB Officer stole some fish, then released Paresh and the others.
Paresh became sick after returning home. There were swellings on the right side of his face and
a bluish mark in his left buttock. He was taken to a PHC and later referred to the GH. But owing
to his poor economic condition he couldn’t continue his treatment process.
FF Code : W.B./MON(Murari Dey)/Hooghly/
Oct-27/10/07/Sl.No.–58
Victim(s) : Namita Bag
Perpetrator(s) : POs Chinsurah PS
Location : Residence of Namita Bag
Date of incident : 19/10/2007
Case Details:
Annual Report on Torture
2007
On 19 October 2007, police officers of the Chinsurah PS fired tear gas shells into a protesting
crowd. One of the police officers’ shells struck victim Namita Bag, age 42, as she was feeding
her goat inside her house. Bag was knocked unconscious. A haystack inside Bag’s house
also caught fire.
Again, on 4 February 2007, the police fired a tear gas shell which struck her house and burned
another haystack.