05-West Bengal.pdf - People's watch

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Susmita Roy Chowdhury)
District –South 24parganas / JAN-12/01/2008/ Sl.NO- 125
Victim(s) : 1) Kapil Deo Singh 2) Fagu Singh 3) Kumari Debi
4) Sushila Debi 5) Usha Kumari 6) Rahul Kumar
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Anupam Roy Chowdhury 2) Sanjay Sarkar 3) OICs
Location : Nethaji Road, Kolkata
Date of incident : 23/05/2005
Case Details:
Victim Kapil Deo Singh was a resident of Madanpur village of Bihar state. He took voluntary retirement
from his service at Reckit Benckiser and got some money as his service benefit. The victim was
introduced to Sanjay Sarkar of Kolkata by Anupam Roy Chowdhury. The former approached Kapil to
invest money in his business and promised to return the same within 45 days. Accordingly Kapil
handed Rs.3,00,000 to him on 23 rd August 2004. But the victim was deceived by Sanjay, who refused
to pay even after repeated insistences. Kapil lodged complaints against the perpetrators at Behala
Police Station on 4 th December 2005 and at Purba Jadavpur Police Station on 21 st March 2006. A
written complaint was also send to the SP, but the police remained silent over the complaints. The
perpetrators getting aware of the complaints lodged started torturing the victim’s family mentally and
caused them to vacate Kolkata. Right now the family of Kapil is residing in Bihar, being pushed to a poor
economic status. The police were trying to suppress the matter and washed their hands stating that the
matter is very old. A new complaint needs to be filed in Behala and Purba Jadavpur Police Stations but
the victim is not in a condition to come to Kolkata due to financial constraints. Moreover he states that the
police failed to render security for the victim and his family.
FF Code : W.B./MON (Julfikar Ali)/
District- Murshidabad/Apr-01/04/2008/Sl.No.- 186
Victim(s) : 1) Khodabox Mondal 2) Subra Bibi
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Jayanta Bhattacharya, IIC 2) Mojibur Rahaman
Location : Domkal PS, Murshidabad
Date of incident : 03/12/2007
Case Details:
Victim Khodabox Mondal, aged 48, is a resident of Maniknagar village, falling under the jurisdiction of
Domkal Police Station. There was a dispute regarding a joint property among the relatives of the victim.
On 5 th October 2007 Mojibur Rahaman and his associates attacked the family of the victim early in the
morning. They carried away the ornaments and tried to molest the women. A case had been filed
regarding this at Domkal Police Station dated 5 th October 2007. The FIR was signed by Md. Sallhauddin,
SI. The perpetrators were arrested and soon after released under bail. Again these people attacked the
victims’ house on 23 rd October 2007 during the absence of Khodabox. The next day a diary was lodged
in Domkal Police Station but the police didn’t take any action. On 1 st December 2007 the accused
attacked Nargis Bibi, the daughter of Khodabox with a log, and threatened her to vacate the house
immediately. On 3 rd December 2007 the victim and his wife went to Domkal Police Station, but the IIC
refused to accept their complaint, and threatened to detain them if they disturbed any further. Written
complaints have been send to the SDO, SDPO, SP of Murshidabad regarding this. A petition has also
been filed before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate court apprehending danger.
West Bengal
417
Annual Report on Torture
2007