05-West Bengal.pdf - People's watch
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the spot, and arrested Krishna, following the complaint lodged by Patitpaban’s relatives stating that she<br />
had kidnapped the latter and demanded Rs.1 lakh. She was taken to the police station without a lady<br />
police escort. At the station she was forced to sign in a paper with fabricated facts. The police also failed<br />
to listen to her charges and drove her away from the police station. It is reported that the victim on several<br />
occasions went to Baruipur Police Station for lodging complaint against Patitpaban Ghosh but the<br />
officials refused to register her complaint<br />
FF Code : W.B./Mon(Susmita Roy Chowdhury)<br />
District-South 24 Parganas/ FEB-29/2/2008/Sl.No.- 141<br />
Victim(s) : 1) Lakhan Singh 2) Shanti Devi 3) Satyen Mondal<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Sunil Ghosh 2) Lakhi Devi 3) Jayanta Shara, SI<br />
Location : Hatgachia, South 24 Parganas<br />
Date of incident : 12/02/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
There are nearly fifteen thousand people residing in Hatgachia region. Prior to the incident, a newspaper<br />
report stated that the Government of India had announced 270 sq.ft of land for erecting flats, in the<br />
process of slum development. A conspiracy smelled in the air that the Government would evict the<br />
people from their land. Accordingly on 12 th February 2008 Ms. Lakhi Devi, the local counselor, Mr. Sunil<br />
Ghosh and 15 other members of the ruling CPI(M) Party came and started surveying the area. The<br />
residents denied giving their signatures on the documents. Victim Lakhan Singh who was witnessing the<br />
officials force the people to sign in the documents resisted the party members. The latter were enraged<br />
at this and started assaulting the victim and his son Satyen Singh. Shanti devi, W/o Lakhan Singh, who<br />
ran for her husband’s rescue was also pushed aside. Tapan Sengupta, a person witnessing this<br />
informed the police, who rushed to the place. Despite the fact that police had gathered in the place, the<br />
perpetrators didn’t withdraw, instead they broke open the houses of the victims broke the windows,<br />
television set, computer system, and motor bike. Various reporters arrived at the place, following which<br />
the police and the perpetrators left the place. In the evening a rally was organized by about 2500 people<br />
of the area in protest. The police tried to convince that it was wise to accept the proposal of the government<br />
as it was their benefit, and threatened that they would be filed under false cases. The Secretary of the<br />
Slum Development Committee stated that the government has plans to hand over the land to financially<br />
sound people.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
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Annual Report on Torture<br />
2007