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

At 4:20pm, the police conducted a lathi charge. Das was injured and received several bleeding
wounds. Singur PS police officers registered a case against him under sections 147/148/149/
333/332/325/326/353/307 of the Indian Penal Code. Specifically, Das was charged with rioting,
being armed with deadly weapon by forming unlawful assembly, attempted murder, causing
grievous hurt, preventing the public servants to discharge duties. Das was also charged under
section 9(B) (1) of the Indian Explosive Act.
FF Code : W.B./MON(SMA)/ 24 PGS (N)
/Sep-07/09/2007/Sl.NO-62,63
Victim(s) : 1) Mr. Madar Ali 2) Mr. Rafique Ali
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Mr. Standup Chakroborty Officer-in
Charge of Barasat PS,
2) Investigating-Officer of Barasat PS
Location : Bedo Narayan Pukuria Village
Date of incident : 29/08/2007
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Case Details:
On 28 August 2007 there was a fire at a fireworks factory run by Abdul Karim and Julfikar Ali.
Three children died in the fire. On 29 th August 2007, victims Madar Ali, a daily wage laborer, and
Rafique Ali, a vegetable vendor, were arrested for trafficking illegal fireworks in association with
the fire at the fireworks factory.
Abdul Karim and Julfikar Ali were separately arrested. On 29 August 2007, Mr. Madar Ali and
Mr. Rafique Ali appeared before the Magistrate of Barasat Court. The Magistrate ordered them
remanded to judicial custody. The victims spent a long time in judicial custody without any
access to an attorney.
Abdul Karim and Julfikar Ali were released without charges.
Case Details:
FF Code : W.B. /Mon (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/
Murshidabad/June-27/06/2007/SL.No.-73
Victim(s) : 1) Sahad Ali Sheikh; 2) Ahad Ali Sheikh;
3) Habib Sheikh; 4) Kajimuddin Sheikh;
5) Haidar Sheikh; 6) Yasin Sheikh
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Somnath Bandyopadhyay, OC;
2) Tuhin Biswas, SI; 3)four POs
Location : Jalangi PS; Yasin Sekh’s residence
Date of incident : 14/05/2007; 06/06/2007
On 11 February 2007, Najimul Sheikh drowned in the Padma River while smuggling a cow near
the Indo-Bangladeshi border. The police recorded a General Diary Entry. SI Tuhin Biswas of
Annual Report on Torture
2007