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

FF Code : W.B./ MON (Murari Dey)/ District-
Hooghly/ June-07/06/2007/Sl.No.-31
Victim(s) : 1) Dhiraj Bhattacharya; 2) Dwijendra
Nath Bhattacharya
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Rajib Bhattacharya, SI; 2) unnamed
Inspector in Charge
Location : Serampore PS
Date of incident : 22/05/2007
West Bengal
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Annual Report on Torture
2007
Case Details:
Victim Dhiraj Bhattacharya was regularly harassed by Samar Basu, a notorious man in
Serampore village, beginning in 2003.
On 16 August 2003, when Dhiraj Bhattacharya was returning from a blood donation camp,
Samar Basu’s wife and two sons beat him up. Dhiraj Bhattacharya went for treatment to the
Serampore Hospital and lodged a Diary at Serampore PS (General Diary No. 990). No action
was taken.
Samar Basu was involved in several such cases in that area, so on 25 July 2005 the local
people submitted a mass petition against him to the Inspector in Charge of Serampore PS, also
sending copies to the SDO and the SDPO (Serampore).
At that time, a case of hooliganism was also pending against Samar Basu in the Aerampore
ACJM Court (No. C.R.241/05), in which Dhiraj Bhattacharya’s father Dwijendra Nath Bhattacharya
was an eyewitness. When Samar Basu insulted and threatened Dwijendra Nath Bhattacharya,
the latter lodged a General Diary at the Serampore PS (No. 433, dated 07.08.05), also sending
written complaints to the SDPO (Serampore) and the Inspector in Charge of Serampore PS. No
action was taken.
On 9 August 2005, SI Rajib Bhattacharya of Serampore PS threatened Dwijendra Nath
Bhattacharya on Samar Basu’s behalf.
Samar Basu was a tenant at Atul Chandra Ghatak’s house; the two were parties to a longstanding
civil case. Dhiraj Bhattacharya helped Atul Chandra Ghatak to evict Samar Basu pursuant to a
High Court order of 15 May 2007. Subsequently, Samar Basu threatened the lives of both Dhiraj
Bhattacharya and Atul Chandra Ghatak.
On 22 May 2007, when Dhiraj Bhattacharya and Dwijendra Nath Bhattacharya were going to the
dentist, Samar Basu’s wife and son insulted them. Samar Basu then attacked them with a knife;
Dhiraj Bhattacharya’s face was severely injured.