05-West Bengal.pdf - People's watch
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FF Code : W.B. /MON (Tanushree Chakraborty)/<br />
District-Kolkata/Aug-16/08/2008/Sl. NO-130<br />
Victim(s) : 1) Sabina Khatun 2) Sajida Bibi<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sunanda Bose 2) Police 3) BSF Officials<br />
4) Special Branch Police 5) Officers of Customs<br />
6) Officers of Immigration 7) BSF Commandant 8) OIC<br />
Location : All <strong>Bengal</strong> Women’s Union, Kolkata<br />
Date of incident : 23/07/2008, 10/08/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Sajida Bibi, aged 45 is a widow, residing in Basanti colony, falling under the jurisdiction of<br />
Ultadanga Police Station. The victim was implicated under Foreigners’ Act in Park Street Police Station.<br />
Sajida was living with her daughters Sabina Khatun and Nasiba Bibi in the above mentioned address for<br />
decades. Sabina was looked after and sheltered by an organization named ‘All <strong>Bengal</strong> Women’s<br />
Union. Sajida was communicated by the organization through another organization named ‘Society for<br />
People’s Awareness’. Thus the victim was send a communication stating to bring clothes for her<br />
daughter Sabina, for she was going to be deported to Bangladesh of late. On 10 th August 2008 when<br />
Sajida went to visit her daughter as usual she was not present in the home, and the authorities refused<br />
to give any explanation. Sabina was pushed back to Bangladesh on 23 rd July 2008. Sajida and her<br />
second daughter Nasiba were forcibly confined in a room. The same day they were arrested by the<br />
police of Park Street Police Station neither issuing any memo of arrest nor showing any reason. It was<br />
revealed that the following organizations were involved in the deportation of the victim: All <strong>Bengal</strong> Women’s<br />
Union, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), BSF at Haridaspur Border, Kolkata Police (Special Branch), Customs<br />
Department, Immigration Department, Assistant Commandant and the representatives of BNWLA from<br />
Bangladesh.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
493<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2007