03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch

Case Details:
FF Code : W.B./MON(Aditi Kar)/Kolkata/
Oct-17/10/2007/Sl.No.-87
Victim(s) : 1) Salma Bibi 2) Qurchiya Bibi
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Personnel of Kolkata Municipal
Corporation, Department of Solid
Waste Management Group 2) Police,
Park Town PS
Location : A.J.C. Bose Road
Date of incident : 04/10/2007
Poor and marginalized people of Nonapukur lived on the street. Due to the Durga Pooja, some
of them moved to temporary tents on the sidewalk. On 4 October 2007, Park Town POs and
Municipal Corporation personnel attacked these people. The POs ransacked the inhabitants’
tents, took their belongings, verbally abused the woman and beat the inhabitants, including one
woman who received a severe head injury.
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FF Code : File No. W.B./MON (GCS)/Murshidabad/
Sep-15/09/2007/Sl.No.-105
Victim(s) : 1) Sana Seikh 2) Yasmin Bibi 3) Roje
Seikh and other villagers, Salar
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Habibur Rahaman, OC, Salar PS 2)
Uttam Ghosh, S.I, Salar PS 3) R.K.
Gupta, S.I, Salar PS 4) Rahamat Ali, S.I,
Salar PS 5) Jalal Seikh National
Volunteer Force, Salar PS
Location : Salar PS
Date of incident : 20/08/2007
Case Details:
On 20 th August 2007, a computer and cash were stolen from a shop. In response, Salar POs
began harassing innocent villagers. Without an arrest warrant, the POs arrested a minor boy
named Roje Seikh. He was taken to the PS, beaten, and kept in detention for four days. He was
released, and was admitted for treatment at S.D Hospital.
The Salar police also arrested rickshaw pullers and tortured them while they were under
detention.
The Salar police barged into Sana Seikh’s house and beat him. When his wife Yasmin
protested, they verbally abused her. Sana was taken to the PS, and later released.
Annual Report on Torture
2007