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informed to South Bidhan Police Station but they remained silent over the issue. Bablu and Shyam were<br />
repeatedly harassing the family. They also threatened the tenants to create problem. On 29 th January<br />
2008 Chandrabati Palle, W/o Dilip Palle, one of the sons of Sasadhar was beaten up. Monika, another<br />
relative was also subjected to torture. The perpetrators lodged a complaint against these women at<br />
Bidhan Nagar Police Station, following which they were arrested along with two children namely Gourab,<br />
aged 15 and Animesh, aged 14. The police also hailed abuses upon the victims. They were released<br />
after three hours of detainment, being implicated in a false case.<br />
FF Code : W.B./MON(S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/<br />
District- North 24 Parganas/ July-23/07/08/ Sl.No.- 134<br />
Victim(s) : Debasish Das<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Shyamal Sarkar, IIC 2)Prasanto Kumar Sahana, SI 3) Police<br />
4) Suman Saha 5) Medical Superintendent 6) Doctors<br />
Location : Sovabazar, Jorabagan<br />
Date of incident : 09/07/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Debasish Das, aged 38, is a driver residing in Nandan nagar village, falling under the jurisdiction<br />
of Belghoria Police Station. He was the driver of the car of Mr. Suman Saha, an owner of a factory<br />
situated at Sovabazar. The victim took leave for two days and resumed his duty on 9 th July 2008. The<br />
very day he took his owner to Sovabazar and parked the car in front of Bank of Baroda. As it was<br />
drizzling Debasish parked the car in a shade. Not finding the car in the expected place, Suman lodged<br />
a complaint at Belghoria Police Station stating that the victim absconded with the car. Accordingly<br />
Debasish was arrested the same day at night by the SI of Belghoria and Jorabagan Police Stations<br />
respectively. The car and a blue colored plastic bag were seized from him. At Belghoria Police Station<br />
Debasish was tied with a rope and suspended, following which he was beaten by the IIC and all other<br />
policemen present at the station during that time. A case was started against him according to the<br />
complaint lodged by his owner. On 10 th July 2008 the victim was taken into police custody for four days<br />
by the order of the court, during which he was subjected to repeated torture every night. The IO of the<br />
station demanded Rs.50,000 in order to settle the case. Debasish was neither produced before the court<br />
on the date of hearing, nor taken to the hospital. Finally the matter came to the knowledge of the court and<br />
the victim was advised for treatment at R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata on 14 th July 2008.<br />
The matter came to the knowledge on the media also. In the meantime the IO requested the doctor to<br />
discharge the victim but was denied owing to Debasish’s critical condition. The advocate of the victim<br />
filed a petition in the court alleging that the medical reports were manipulated at the influence of the police.<br />
Debasish was produced before the court on 19 th July 2008 and was released under bail. The family<br />
members of the victim state that the incident might have been caused under the influence of the ruling<br />
party, who were responsible for the death of the victim’s brother ten years ago, and moreover Debasish’s<br />
sister Deepa Biswas was a committee member of the opposite party.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
448<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2007