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complaint, the SI just registered a petty case stating that Pachu had tried to outrage her modesty and<br />

didn’t rape her. Thus he made the case of none effect and forced Bandana to sign under. The accused<br />

and his father are continuously threatening the victim, and abusing her with filthy words. Sakti send a<br />

written complaint to the SDPO and the CI on 24 th March 2008. A petition was also filed in the Additional<br />

Chief Judicial Magistrate at Kakdwip. Though the court ordered immediate arrest of the perpetrator, the<br />

OIC of Namkhana Police Station remains indifferent.<br />

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Susmita Roy Chowdhury)<br />

District –South 24parganas / Feb-29/02/.2008/ Sl.NO- 142<br />

Victim(s) : Basanti Mondal<br />

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Koushik Mondal 2) Suryakanta Mondal, OIC<br />

Location : Manmatha Nagar, Gosaba<br />

Date of incident : 19/04/2007<br />

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

401<br />

Case Details:<br />

Victim Basanti Mondal, D/o Sachin Mondal comes from a poor family, at Manmatha Nagar. Her father<br />

is a daily wage labourer. The victim is the youngest among the four daughters in the family. She studied<br />

till 7 th standard and dropped out due to family constraints. Koushik Mondal, a resident of the same village<br />

enticed the victim assuring to marry her without dowry. He often took her to his house and send her back<br />

only in the evening. During such times, he humiliated her four times. He also threatened her not to<br />

disclose the matter or he wouldn’t marry her. Meanwhile Basanti’s father requested Koushik’s parents<br />

to solemnize the wedding at the earliest, for which he was threatened and the perpetrators demanded<br />

dowry, which the victim’s family couldn’t afford. In this situation Koushik and his parents assaulted<br />

Basanti and drove her out from their house. The panchayat also washed hands from the case as the<br />

victims approached the police. On 2 nd February 2008 the perpetrators came to the house of the victim<br />

and assaulted them once again. On 6 th February 2008 Sachin went to lodge a complaint at Gosaba<br />

Police Station but the OIC refused to get the complaint. The police were throughout negligent regarding<br />

the case. The perpetrators in the meantime threatened to gang rape Basanti. Sachin out of fear went to<br />

Kolkata and Basanti stayed in her relative’s house at Sonakhali. The family of the victim is very poor<br />

and they are suffering without support from anywhere.<br />

Annual Report on Torture<br />

2007

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