05-West Bengal.pdf - People's watch

FF Code : W.B. / MON (Susmita Roy Chowdhury)
District –South 24parganas / APR-30.04.2008/ SL.NO- 155
Victim(s) : (Late) Subrata Bhattacharya
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Hare Krishna Chanda, SP 2) Ananda Sarkar, IIC
Location : Netaji Nagar, Jadavpur
Date of incident : 13/04/2008
Case Details:
Victim Subrata Bhattacharya was a resident of Netaji Nagar Colony, falling under the jurisdiction of
Jadavpur Police Station. He was married to Champa Bhattacharya and both have a 6 year old daughter.
The victim was working in a factory, which was closed down for several years, owing to which he ran
a small business for earning their livelihood. Subrata’s wife started a tea shop on the main road which
too didn’t run well. Thus the family was spending their days in penury. Subrata asked his wife to go back
to her father’s house, assuring to call back after arranging money. On 12 th April 2008 the victim was
alone at home, and the next day also the door of the house remained shut. When the people of the locality
broke open the door of the house they found the victim hanging on a rope. The SI of Jadavpur Police
Station came to the spot and send the body to Bangur Hospital for post mortem. On 14 th April 2008 the
nephew of the victim went to receive the body of Subrata, but the body was changed. The police in the
meantime forcibly tried to put responsibility of the changing the dead body upon the victim’s family but
they denied. A suit was filed before the ACJM, Alipore Court on 16 th April 2008, stating the breach created
by the police. Subrata died on 13 th April 2008 but the cremation of the body was not completed even after
a long time. The widow of the deceased is now leading a life of starvation.
FF Code : W.B./MON (Susmita Roy Choudhury)/
District- South 24 PGS/ Jan-12/01/2008/ Sl.No.-126
Victim(s) : (Late) Sudipta Ghosh
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Partha Mukherjee 2) Sabbyasachi Chakraborty
3) Gobinda Mallik 4) Mihir Sen, IO 5) Parimal Bhadrak, IO
6) Pinaki Chakraborty, IO 7) Amit Roy Choudhury, IIC
Location : Udayrampur, West Bengal
Date of incident : 09/11/2007
Case Details:
Victim Sudipta Ghosh was a resident of Udayrampur village. He was a reputed teacher in the area, and
was found missing from 9 th November 2007. The family members of Sudipta had suspicion on his
neighbor, Partha Mukherjee, with whom the victim was last found talking. Accordingly his relatives
lodged a missing diary and complaint against the suspect at Bishnupur Police Station on 16 th November
2007. A report was also made before the CID on 13 th November 2007. But the police were negligent
about the case, despite repeated requests. The family of the victim went to the police station from 18
th
November 2007 to 22 nd November 2007 urging the police to take action but in vain. Finally after the
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Annual Report on Torture
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