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Halder, Bishnu Halder, and Suryakanta Mondal into their custody after entering into Indian territory.
Binoy Halder, Bishnu Halder, and Suryakanta Mondal were then detained in Raj Sahi Jail in
Bangladesh.
Several complaints regarding this case have been lodged in the Jalangi Police Station as well as
with other authorities. No action was taken.
The family members of Binoy Halder, Bishnu Halder, and Suryakanta Mondal are anxious, and
face acute financial problems.
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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Susmita Roy Choudhury)
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April-14/04/2007/Sl.No.-50
Victim(s) : Biswajit Banerjee
Perpetrator(s) : POs
Location : Diamond Harbour PS; Jainagar PS
Date of incident : 01/04/2004 to 04/10/2004
Case Details:
Victim Biswajit Banerjee, age about 28, lives in Shyamnagar, Gurdaha, PO Jagatdal, North 24
Paraganas District, West Bengal. He runs a shop.
On 15 March 2004, Jalaluddin, Kahar Gazi, and some other miscreants came to Biswajit
Banerjee’s shop and demanded Rs. 1 lakh in cash. They claimed that Biswajit Banerjee’s father
had taken a loan for that amount from them, but they could not show any document in support of
their claim. They threatened to kill Biswajit Banerjee and his father, and also warned that in case
of failure to pay they would set fire to Biswajit Banerjee’s shop.
Annual Report on Torture
2007
Biswajit did not lodge any complaint at the police station. However, he described the incident to a
local club. The secretary of the club, Shasanka Bhattacharya, told Biswajit Banerjee that he
would solve the problem during the next month.
On 31 March 2004, the miscreants intruded into Biswajit Banerjee’s house and attempted to
kidnap Biswajit Banerjee and his brother. When they failed in their attempt, the miscreants
threatened Biswajit Banerjee and his brother that they would be murdered if they failed to make the
payment by the next day.
On 1 April 2004, Biswajit went to the Diamond Harbour PS to lodge a complaint. The police told
him that since the miscreants were residents of Jainagar, he should lodge his complaint at the