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