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

On 9 May 2007 at roughly 2:00am, Satish Chandra, Company Commander, ‘F’ Company, 140
Battalion, OP no. II, BSF filed a report documenting the previous day’s shooting. The report is
currently on file at the Raninagar PS as Case No. 89/2007. The report states that Seikh was killed
during an “encounter,” which insinuates that he was killed after a physical altercation. Many
individuals who have studied the case believe this explanation is untrue, as the evidence
demonstrates that the smugglers only possessed one blunt knife, and no BSF personnel were
seriously injured.
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Seikh’s family and the other witnesses are unwilling to complain because they fear repercussions.
They explain that those who have previously spoken out against BSF actions have been falsely
charged with crimes by the local police.
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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/
Murshidabad/Dec-10/12/2006/Sl.No.-31
Victim(s) : (1) Akhil Mondal, (2) Anukul Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : (1)BSF Officers; (2 SI Ramakanta Sarkar,
Raninagar PS; (3) on-duty doctor, Lalbag
Hospital Morgue
Location : Near the Out Post No – 6 of Border Security
Force, Murshidabad District,West Bengal
Date of incident : 23/11/2006
Case Details:
On 23 November 2006, at 5:00am, victim Akhil Mondal, a sharecropper, was returning from the
land that he worked. However, Border Security Force (BSF) Officers shot Mondal, and he died
instantly. The BSF Officers shot Mondal in the back, and the bullet pierced through his left ear
and emerged from his right eyebrow. There were three eyewitnesses to the killing.
Annual Report on Torture
2007
Mondal’s brother attempted to lodge a complaint with the Raninagar PS but the officer on duty
refused to accept it.
At the Lalbagh Hospital, the on-duty doctor failed to ascertain the cause of death and sent the
body to another hospital. The body was returned to the Lalbagh Hospital, but then sent to a third
hospital. Finally, 80 hours after the killing, an autopsy was performed.