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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Gopen Chandra Sharma)<br />

District- Murshidabad /July-29/07/2008/Sl.No.-2<strong>05</strong><br />

Victim(s) : (Late) Sentu Mondal<br />

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Ganeshan, BSF D.I.B 2) BSF Jawans 3) OIC<br />

Location : Mouza Udanarayanpur, Jalangi<br />

Date of incident : 17/06/2008<br />

Case Details:<br />

Victim Sentu Mondal (19), S/o Ershad Mondal was a resident of Chakmathura village, falling under the<br />

jurisdiction of Jalangi Police Station. The victim was a student of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Academy. His father<br />

owns some land at Mouza- Udayanarayanpur, located near the border. The surrounding lands are<br />

heavily affected by the illegal smuggling activities carried out by the local smugglers. On 17 th June 2008<br />

Sentu went to smuggle cattle for the first time under the influence of some local persons. Suddenly they<br />

were chased by the BSF Officials of Singpara BSF Head Quarter. While others managed to escape,<br />

Sentu was caught and dragged to the camp. The officials beat him mercilessly. Ganeshan, the DIB<br />

attached to the Camp also beat Sentu with the butt of the rifle, and ruptured his genitals. There were<br />

injuries all over his body. The officials drowned his body into river Padma. At evening the body surfaced,<br />

following which it was sent for post mortem to Berhampore GH. The police of Jalangi Police Station filed<br />

an unnatural death case dated 19 th June 2008. The father of the deceased lodged a written complaint on<br />

24 th June 2008 before the SP of Murshidabad, bringing allegations against the guilty BSF Officials but the<br />

police failed to initiate action against the perpetrators.<br />

FF Code : W.B./Mon (S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/<br />

District-24 PGS (N)/Feb- 12/02/08/Sl.No.-110<br />

Victim(s) : (Late) Serajul Mondal<br />

Perpetrator(s) : H.N. Boro, BSF Constable<br />

Location : Madhupur Bridge, Bagdah<br />

Date of incident : 24/12/2007<br />

Case Details:<br />

Victim Serajul Mondal, aged 14, S/o Rezaul Mondal was a resident of Hariharpur village, falling under<br />

the jurisdiction of Bagdah Police Station. The victim was living in Delhi, and had come home for Eid<br />

festival. On 24 th December 2007 Serajul went to meet his mother in Bangladesh, and while returning he<br />

was shot down by the BSF Jawans (Police). The father of the deceased states that his son didn’t die of<br />

firing, for there were deep injuries on his chest, as if assaulted with a sharp weapon. According to Sunil<br />

Yadav, Assistant Commander of BSF, five to six persons were coming from Bangladesh on the day of<br />

the incident. The officers fired at them for crossing the border without paying heed to the orders. The<br />

body was handed to Bagdah Police Station on 25 th December 2007, several hours after the death. The<br />

police registered a case of unnatural death. The BSF had lodged a complaint against Serajul, alleging<br />

him of criminal trespass, and assaulting the public servant. The family members of the deceased are<br />

afraid of lodging complaints against the BSF. They haven’t received the post mortem report till date<br />

despite various efforts.<br />

<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />

486<br />

Annual Report on Torture<br />

2007

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