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Bhowmick was in a relationship with a woman and her parents wanted Bhowmick to
marry her as soon as possible.
On 2 January 2007 at 9:00am, the woman’s parents demanded that Bhowmick’s
father make Bhowmick marry Saha immediately. They insisted that Bhowmick and
his father sign a piece of blank paper. Bhowmick’s father said that he would consent
to his Bhowmick’s marriage only when Bhowmick was settled in his job.
At 11.30am, a team of police officers from Khardaha PS, led by SI Mukharjee, came to
Bhowmick’s house with some members of the local ruling party. They arrested
Bhowmick without stating a reason. The SI told Bhowmick’s father to produce a letter
from the local ruling party if he wanted to release his son.
The police brought Bhowmick to the station with the woman. At 4:30pm, the police
made Bhowmick and the woman sign a blank piece of paper.
A marriage registrar from Barrackpore Court came to the station. Some locals who
were present forcefully registered the marriage Bhowmick’s and Saha’s marriage. .
The next day, at around 9.30am, Bhowmick’s father learned that Bhowmick’s dead
body was found at the Palta Railway Station.
Bhowmick’s siste lodged a complaint at the Khardaha PS. The police deny having
received this complaint. When Bhowmick’s body was brought to the station, the
officers lodged an FIR.
A post-mortem report dated 3 January 2007 showed that Sujoy sustained a grave
injury to the back of his head.
Case Details:
FF Code
Victim(s)
Perpetrator(s)
Location
Date of incident : 31/07/2007
: WB/Mon (Susmita Roy Chowdhury)
/South 24 Parganas /Aug-07/08/2007/
Sl No- 78
: Abedali Molla
: Sukdev Shaw (Jailor of Diamond
Harbour Correctional Home)
: Alpara, Kulpi, Kulpi PS, 24-Pargana,
West Bengal, India
Victim Abedali Molla, age 20, was married and worked in a gunpowder factory at
Howrah.
West Bengal
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Annual Report on Torture
2007