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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Murari Dey)/<br />

District- Hooghly/ APR-16/04/2008/ SL NO-75<br />

Victim(s) : Debu Malik<br />

Perpetrator(s) : 1) Priyabrata Baksi, OIC 2) IO<br />

Location : Singur, Hooghly<br />

Date of incident : 18/02/2008<br />

Case Details:<br />

Victim Debu Malik, aged 48 is a resident of Singur village, falling under the jurisdiction of Singur Police<br />

Station. The victim had a friend named Shankar Choudhury who died on 18 th February 2008 under<br />

suspicious circumstances. Debu had gone to comfort the family, and at that time the Investigation Officer<br />

(IO) came to the house of the deceased and arrested the victim, against the complaint of Bholanath<br />

Chowdhury, brother of the deceased. The victim was locked up and detained him for two consecutive<br />

days, following which he was produced before the court on 22 nd February 2008. During the time Debu<br />

was detaine, he was not provided any food but was allowed to go home and eat. The police stated that<br />

the victim was arrested on grounds of suspicion and didn’t put his name in the FIR.<br />

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

408<br />

FF Code : W.B. / MON (S. Mokhtar Ahmed)<br />

District –North 24 Parganas / AUG-16.08.2008/ Sl.NO- 137<br />

Victim(s) : 1) Dhruba Biswas 2) Ujjal Biswas 3) Indrajit Biswas<br />

Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF DG 2) IG 3) BSF DC 4) SP 5) Sub-Jailer<br />

Location : Angrail, Gaighata<br />

Date of incident : 07/<strong>05</strong>/2007<br />

Case Details:<br />

Victims Dhruba Biswas, Ujjal Biswas and Indrajit Biswas are residents of Sabri village in Bangladesh.<br />

The three had come into the Indian boundary to visit their maternal uncle on 7 th May 2007 but were<br />

caught by the BSF Officials at Angrail. A case was started against the three at Gaighata Police Station<br />

dated 8 th May 2007, and the next day produced before the ACJM Court, Bongaon. From there they<br />

were sent to judicial custody. Since the victims acknowledged their mistake they were sentenced to<br />

rigorous imprisonment for 60 days and a fine of Rs.500. Despite the completion of the period of detention<br />

the victims were not released from Bongaon Sub Jail. A writ petition was filed before the High Court on<br />

behalf of the victims. The Hon’ble Justice directed all the concerned authorities to push back the victims<br />

into Bangladesh, in his order dated 3 rd April 2008. But the order was not followed. Again a petition was<br />

filed against the perpetrators under the Contempt of Courts Act. On 11 th September 2008 the authorities<br />

of Bongaon Sub Jail handed over the victims to the custody of the BSF for deporting them into Bangladesh.<br />

Annual Report on Torture<br />

2007

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