05-West Bengal.pdf - People's watch

FF Code : W.B./ Mon (Susmita Roy Choudhury)
District- South 24 Parganas/ Feb-16/02/2008/Sl. No.-137
Victim(s) : (Late) Rabi Das
Perpetrator(s) : OIC
Location : Metiabruj PS, South 24 Parganas
Date of incident : 12/02/2008
Case Details:
Victim Rabi Das, aged 55, was a resident of Harihar Pally village, falling under the jurisdiction of
Metiabruj Police Station. The victim was arrested by few officials of Metiabruj Police Station neither
issuing any memo of arrest, nor informing his family members about it, thereby violating the D.K. Basu
judgment. At night the victim died in the police lock-up. The victim was taken to Garden Reach Hospital
in a deceased condition, and the police officials created pressure upon the duty doctor to issue a death
certificate, but the doctor sent the body for post mortem. The post mortem was conducted on 13 th
February 2008 and the copy of the report was not given to family of the deceased. Rabi Das’ wife came
to know of his death only from the mouth of local people.
FF Code : W.B. / MON (Aditi Kar)/
District- Kolkata / Jan-01/01/2008/ Sl.No.-104
Victim(s) : 1) (Late) Raju Roy 2) Gouri Roy
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Correctional Home Officials 2) RPF 3) Police
Location : Medical College Hospital, Kolkata
Date of incident : 14/12/2007
Case Details:
Victim Raju Roy, aged 35 was a resident of Charaktala, falling under the jurisdiction of Sankrail Police
Station. He was married to Gouri Roy and they have a son aged 10 and a daughter aged 8 years. On
11 th December 2007 the victim was arrested by two policemen from RPF (Railway Protection Force),
who were clad in civilian attire. They neither produced the memo of arrest nor informed his family. He
was alleged under the Unlawful Possession of Railway Property Act. On 12 th December 2007 Gouri
came to know from Howrah Court that her husband was seriously ill. She went to the Correctional
Home and found Raju being helped out by two prisoners. He was not able to stand and speak either. On
14 th December 2007 Raju Roy died in the Medical College Hospital, and nobody informed Gouri about
his death. A Radiogram message disclosed the news. From 15 th December 2007 to 19 th December
2007 Gouri faced difficulties in getting back her husband’s body for cremation after the post mortem. The
jail authorities and the police officials of Bowbazar Police Station asked her to bring the identity proof of
her husband and the affidavit to deliver the body, for there was a confusion of names. She was
repeatedly sent back to bring the original certificates. Thus the body was delivered to her only after the
intervention of the human rights organization. There were suspicious injury marks all over the body of
the deceased and it proves the fact that Raju had suffered torture in the hands of the Railway Police.
West Bengal
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Annual Report on Torture
2007