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FF Code : W.B./ MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed) /
District- 24 PGS (N)/ JAN-11/01/2008/ Sl No.-101
Victim(s) : (Late) Basudeb Sarkar
Perpetrator(s) : Binoy Bist, PC
Location : Gobindapur Border Out Post, North 24 Parganas
Date of incident : 31/12/2007
Case Details:
Victim Basudeb Sarkar, aged 30, was a farmer residing in Gobindapur, falling under the jurisdiction of
Swarupnagar Police Station. BSF Officials entered the house of the victim violently and tried to take him
but after the plea of his mother they went away. Basudeb was involved in smuggling cattle long back
owing to poor family conditions, but later he recant. The BSF Officials didn’t let him go but arrested him
one day along with Anup. The latter was released under bail but the victim was shot dead on 31 st
December 2007. The investigation proved that he was shot with two bullets which pierced through his
chest from a very close range. The officials took Basudeb to a far away hospital despite the fact that there
was a hospital close by. The reason attributed by the officials is that the victim was shot dead by
Constable Binoy Bist as he tried to escape carrying away a rifle. The post mortem was conducted by S.
Barman of J.R. Dhar Hospital, Bongaon on 2 nd January 2008, two days after the death. Two cases were
registered in Swarupnagar Police Station and Bongaon Police Station respectively by the BSF against
Basudeb stating attempt to murder and unnatural death on 31 st December 2007. Lilima Sarkar, the wife
of the deceased also filed a case on 1 st January 2008 in Swarupnagar Police Station. Constable Binoy
was arrested in connection with the case and he managed to get bail from the Sessions’ Court.
FF Code : W.B./ MON(S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/
District- North 24 PGS/ Jan- 02/01/2008/ Sl.No.-99
Victim(s) : (Late) Bishnu Pada Roy
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Narayan Khatry, BSF Official 2) OIC
Location : Angrail, Gaighata
Date of incident : 10/12/2007
Case Details:
Victim Bishnu Pada Roy, aged 32 was a resident of Angrail Uttar colony, falling within the jurisdiction of
Gaighata Police Station. On 10 th December 2007 the victim went out of his house to meet his friend.
Suddenly Kakoli, the wife of the victim heard the sound of firing. Bishnu didn’t return home till late and his
wife was afraid to go out and search for it was night. In the morning she received news of the death of
Bishnu. An unnatural death case was filed at Gaighata Police Station dated 11 th December 2007. The
investigation was done by SI Aurobindo Ghosh and the post mortem was done at S.D. Hospital,
Bongaon. The SI of Gaighata Police Station on inquiry admitted that the BSF Officials have established
a reign of terror in the region. They would kill any victim in the name of encounter, be it an Indian or a
Bangladeshi. It was later revealed that the victim was shot dead by Constable Narayan Khatry of BSF
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Annual Report on Torture
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