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amboo sticks and the butt of rifles, thereby causing injuries all over his body. His hands were tied<br />
reversely and caused to lie on the floor of Farajipara BSF Camp. The next morning the victim was<br />
brought to Muradpur Company Head quarter where he was again subjected to torture. Both his hands<br />
and legs were severely injured. Later on the officials themselves admitted him in Sadikhan Dearh<br />
Hospital, from where Mukbul was arrested by Jalangi Police. On 17 th January 2008, the victim was<br />
produced before the Sub Divisional Executive Magistrate Court at Domkal and released under bail the<br />
same day. Dr. Bijoy Biswas, the doctor who attended Mukbul issued a fake certificate stating that the<br />
victim was medically fit, despite the fact that he was seriously injured and unable to walk. The doctor did<br />
so due to the pressure from the BSF. Mukbul lodged written complaints before the SDO, Domkal on 17 th<br />
January 2008, but no action followed. Now he is almost leading a maimed life.<br />
FF Code : W.B. / MON (Julfikar Ali) District – Murshidabad / APR-<br />
25/04/2008/Sl.NO- 191<br />
Victim(s) : Nanda Gopal Mandal<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2) Sunayan Basu, OIC<br />
Location : Rajanagar Border Out-Post, Murshidabad<br />
Date of incident : 14/03/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Nanda Gopal Mandal, aged 38, is a fisherman residing in Char Rajapur village, falling under the<br />
jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. The victim lost his small piece of cultivable land during the<br />
erosion of river Padma, the result of which Nanda resort to fishing for sustaining his family. On 14 th<br />
March 2008, as usual the victim went for fishing, early in the morning, along with Jogen Chandra Sarkar<br />
and Subodh Mandal. At the BSF Out-Post the latter two deposited their original and legal identity card of<br />
fishermen issued by the District Magistrate of Murshidabad. But the officials didn’t allow them to go.<br />
Nanda talked back asking them to inquire with the Commanding Officer. The officials grew angry at this<br />
retort, and snatched their identity cards, tore it into pieces and drove them away. On 17 th March 2008 the<br />
victim went to Raninagar Police Station to lodge a complaint but the officials refused to receive the same.<br />
Finally the officer registered the complaint after Nanda stated that he would send a written complaint via<br />
post. But till date no action has been initiated against the perpetrators. The victims are not able to go<br />
fishing and their families are starving. The local political leaders are also not doing anything for the<br />
welfare of the public. It is generally believed that the political leaders and the BSF go hand in hand.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
459<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2007