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Mamoni Mondal, the daughter of Kanai protested against the illegal action of the police, and received a
slap from Rajat Das, who was in a drunken state. Kanai was locked up and filed under two criminal
cases in which he was not related, alleging him of offences in rioting with deadly weapons, attempt to
murder and the like. The victim was purposefully implicated in these cases, but neither the FIR nor the
complaints contained his name. On 27 th April 2008 the victim was produced before the ACJM, Lalbagh,
and thereafter sent to Berhampore Central Correctional Home. It was alleged that Kanai was produced
every month fortnightly before the court by tying him with a rope on a regular basis. On 26 th July 2008
Kanai got bail in Raninagar Police Station, and he was released on 27 th July 2008.
FF Code : W.B./MON (Susmita Roy Choudhury)/
District- South 24 PGS/ Mar-29/03/2008/Sl. No.-151
Victim(s) : 1) Kanika debnath 2) Minu Saha 3) Bishnupriya Baidya
4) Manju Mondal 5) Puja Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Ananda Charan Sarkar, OIC 2) Subindu Sarkar, SI
Location : Baghajatin Railway Station, Jadavpur
Date of incident : 23/03/2008
Case Details:
The above mentioned victims are members of Nari Mukti Sangha (NMS), an association for the
liberation of women. They gathered at Baghajatin Railway Station, on the occasion of the birthday of
freedom fighter Sahid Bhagat Singh. They carried some posters containing slogans regarding International
Women’s Day, Price hike and Nandigram issue. Some supporters of Hawkers’s Union affiliated with
the CITU, raised objection. They compassed these ladies and locked them inside the party room of
CPI(M). They also let inside the female members of Ganatantrik Mahila Samiti, a woman outfit of
CPI(M). The police of Jadavpur Police Station arrived at the place, based on the information given by
the CITU members and arrested the victims of NMS. The victims were taken to the police station
without a lady police escort. Based on the suo-motto complaint lodged by the SI, the victims were
produced before the court. Kanika and Bishnupriya were sent to judicial custody on 24 th March 2008.
The other victims were sent to the jail by the ACJM of Alipore. The victims are still in jail. They were
alleged of committing offences for criminal conspiracy and waging war against the State. The victims
were also alleged of being active members of the MCC (Maoists). The posters were seized and the
FIR was filed based on hearsay evidences, stating that they were raising anti-state and anti-government
slogans. On 24 th March 2008 the police of Nimta and Jadavpur Police Stations searched the house of
Kalpana, Secretary of NMS without any search warrant. The same day and on 31 st March 2008, the
members of NMS organized a protest before Jadavpur Police Station and Alipore Court but the bail
application of the arrested victims was rejected and they were sent to 14 days judicial custody.
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Annual Report on Torture
2007