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

Agarwal lodged several complaints with the New Market PS (General Diaries Entries: G.D.E.
No.-1900 dated 21-05-2005; G.D.E. No.-712 dated 08-03-2006; G.D.E. No.-2544 dated 26-08-
2006; G.D.E. No-1259 dated 14-11-2006). However, the police were unwilling to take any steps
to address those complaints.
Agarwal then filed a complaint at the Court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Kolkata, under s.
156(2) Cr. P.C. and ss. 406, 498A, 511, and 534 IPC (cruelty, criminal breach of trust, etc.). No
action was taken.
M. Sarkar, the female IO of the New Market PS, stated that she could not deal with Pista Devi
Agarwal’s case due to her busy schedule.
FF Code : W.B./ MON (Sabitabrata Ghole)/
Howrah/ May-29/05/2007/Sl.No.-31
Victim(s) : 1) Prabhat Mallick; 2) Dipak Mallick; 3) Ashish
Mallick; 4) Mina Mallick; 5) other family
members
Perpetrator(s) : 1) M. Majhi, ASI; 2) POs
Location : Liluah PS
Date of incident : 23/03/2007 – 26/04/2007
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Case Details:
Victim Prabhat Mallick and his family (the other victims) ran a grocery shop.
In March 2001, a group of miscreants (including Gopal Bose, Hira Tiwary, Manik Bose, and
Nilratan Bose) demanded that the Mallick family let them establish a club room on their land.
When the family refused, the miscreants harassed and threatened them. When the family filed
a complaint at the Howrah Court, the police did nothing.
On 23 March 2001, the miscreants ransacked the Mallick family’s grocery shop.
Prabhat Mallick lodged criminal and civil cases at the Howrah Court (No. 57/2001). The
criminal case is still pending at the Kolkata High Court. In the civil case, the Civil Judge of
Howrah Junior Division 6 th Court passed an order on 30 March 2007 that the property in
question belonged to Prabhat Mallick and his family, and that none had the right to harass them
about it.
On 26 April 2007 at around 4.30pm, the miscreants violated the order by beating Ashish Mallick.
Ashish was hospitalised at the T.L. Jaiswal Hospital, Howrah.
Annual Report on Torture
2007