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FF Code : W.B. / MON (Julfikar Ali)
District –Murshidabad / MAR-19/03/2008/ Sl.NO- 181
Victim(s) : Kanai Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : 1) SI 2) OIC
Location : Char Katla Mari Mouja
Date of incident : 24/02/2008
Case Details:
Victim Kanai Mondal, aged 52, is a cultivator of land residing in Char Rajanagar village, falling under the
jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. He owns three acres of land, which is located under Char
Katlamari Mouja. On 24 th February 2008 the victim returned home from the field, and on the next day
when he went in the morning, Kanai found a four feet long iron pipe, a barrel of tube well and a chain stolen
from his field. He informed the matter to the SI of Char Moirosi Border Security Force Camp but no
action was taken. Then Kanai went to Raninagar Police Station, where too his complaint was rejected at
first. But after an argument the complaint was accepted but the police remained silent over the issue. It
came to light that thieves usually came from Bangladesh and stole the farming tools of poor Indian
farmers; but the BSF failed to protect the border areas of the country. It is also alleged that the officials
themselves assisted such kinds of activities.
FF Code : W.B. / MON (Julfikar Ali)
District –Murshidabad / Feb-15/02/2008/ Sl.NO- 165
Victim(s) : Kanai Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Dutta Babu, SI 2) Dhan Singh, Inspector
3) Nilesh Kumar, AC 4) OIC
Location : Katla Mari Mouja, Raninagar
Date of incident : 07/10/2007
Case Details:
Victim Kanai Mondal, aged 55, is a resident of Rajanagar, falling under the jurisdiction of Raninagar
Police Station. The victim had gone to Char Katla Mari Mouja Dag, on 7 th October 2007 in order to load
his cart with paddy. Kanai had deposited his voter’s identity card at the Out-Post. While returning Sub
Inspector Dutta Saheb of the BSF Camp detained the cart and brought down the entire paddy. An
argument arose, owing to which the officer threw some of the paddy into River Padma. But there wasn’t
any illegal article found in the cart. Kanai lodged a written complaint against Dutta in Raninagar Police
Station. In revenge the AC and the Inspector of BSF lodged a counter complaint against the victim. In the
meantime the above said officers were transferred, the result of which no communication was possible
with them. Taking this as an advantage Raninagar Police took no initiative to investigate the matter. The
victim had also lodged complaints before the Company Commander of BSF Camp, OIC of Raninagar
Police Station, 2 nd BDO of Raninagar, SDO of Domkal, Co-BSF of Roshannagar, JDG BSF of Lalbagh,
SDPO of Domkal, SP of Berhampore. On 25 th October 2007 Kanai again sent his complaint through
registered post to the OIC of Raninagar Police Station, SDO of Domkal, and BDO of Raninagar. But so
far no action followed.
West Bengal
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Annual Report on Torture
2007