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FF Code : W.B/Mon (Gopen Ch. Sharma)/
Murshidabad/Jan - 31.1.07/ Sl.No. -162
Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Mintu Molla 2) (Late) Jabbar Mondal
3) Bajlur Rahaman 4) Mainul Mollah
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Upendra Roy, BSF Police 2) Anil Mishra, BSF Police
3) Somnath Banerjee, OIC 4) Tuhin Biswas, SI
5) Snehasis Dirghangi, SDPO 6) CI
Location : Mouja Shibnagar, Murshidabad
Date of incident : 11/07/2006
Case Details:
India shares a considerable border with Bangladesh which is not so explicit. The Government of India
erected fences and a boundary road to prevent infiltration. In these areas many local people who have
resided there for centuries cannot gain entry into their own land without the permission of the BSF. On
11 th July 2006 victims Mintu Molla and Jabbar Molla were returning home from their fields. Without
warning the BSF Officials bounced over the victims and shot them dead. The next day morning, Bajlur
Rahaman Mondal, elder brother of Jabbar and Mainul Molla, a relative of Mintu went to Jalangi Police
Station to lodge a complaint against the BSF Officials. But the OIC refused to register the case and drove
them away threatening not to arise against the BSF. Despite the complaints send to the SP of Murshidabad
no action was taken. On 4 th September 2006 police from Jalangi Police Station came to the shop of
Bajlur Rahaman and forced him to sign in a document. The case was taken to the Chief Judicial
Magistrate Court, Berhampore on 31 st August 2007. Jabbar and Mintu were found innocent, but the
case was not taken up for the victims had expired.
FF Code : W.B. / MON (S. Mukhtar Ahamed)
District – North 24 Parganas / Aug– 18/08/2008/Sl.NO- 141
Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Rejaul Mondal 2) (Late) Jaynal Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Monaj Kumar, BSF Constable
2) Babul Saha, BSF Commander 3) OIC
Location : Mashampur Border Out-Post, Bagdah
Date of incident : 18/07/2008
Case Details:
Victims Rejaul Mondal and Jaynal Mondal, aged 30 and 23 respectively were residents of Supukar
village, falling under the jurisdiction of Changachia Police Station. The victims were used by the BSF
Officials to smuggle cattle across the border and in this process shot down on 19 th July 2008. Rejaul fell
down inside the Indian territory and the other in Bangladesh territory. The bodies were handed over to
Bagadh Police Station, who in turn registered an unnatural death case dated 19 th July 2008. The post
mortem was conducted at J.R. Dhar Sub Divisional Hospital, Bongaon, following which the bodies were
handed over to Bangladesh Rifles. The BSF Officials promptly lodged a complaint after the incident
against the deceased victims at Bagdah Police Station, under punishment for criminal trespass and
obstructing the public servant in discharge of public functions. The Bagdah Police filed the FIR on the
basis of the complaint lodged by the BSF on 19 th July 2008 and the FIR was placed before the ACJM
Court on 5 th August 2008, i.e. after several days from the date, which in itself is a violation.
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Annual Report on Torture
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