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Police were repeatedly harassing Samir, demanding dowry. A team named P.C.Party was working<br />
under this police station, which often visited the site and called the victim aside to get money from his<br />
hands. Laltu Tiwari was one such anti-social person of the party who often threatened Samir. On 25 th<br />
February 2008 the IIC demanded Rs.2,00,000 from the victim which Samir refused, owing to which the<br />
project work was stopped from progressing. On 26 th February 2008, while the victim had gone to the<br />
Canara Bank ATM Center he was arrested by the Thakurpukur Police. At the station the IIC forced the<br />
victim to visit the station regularly like other promoters. The police also persuaded the owner of the land<br />
Dipika to file a false case against Samir. He was put inside the lock-up and a cash of Rs.10,000, mobile,<br />
ATM Card, and wrist <strong>watch</strong> were taken away from him. On 27 th February 2008 his articles were<br />
returned and he was produced before the Ld. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Alipore, being<br />
implicated under Arms Act. There were contradictions in the FIR filed, for the place of arrest was not<br />
mentioned in it. The court ordered the police to remand the victim in police custody till 1 st March 2008.<br />
On 6 th March 2008 Lalbazar Police department took Samir under their custody, and he was produced<br />
before Bankshal court, following which he was ordered to be kept under police custody till 13 th March<br />
2008. The victim was found innocent of all the charges after investigation and he was granted bail on 13 th<br />
March 2008, under the condition of signing daily in the police station. During this time he was regularly<br />
threatened by the police officials to compromise with them. Samir also came to know that he would be<br />
falsely implicated in a case of smuggling drugs. The matter was informed to the SP, DIG and CM via<br />
post on 7 th March 2008.<br />
FF Code : W.B. / Mon (Tanusree Chakraborty) /<br />
Kolkata / Apr-30/04/2008/ Sl No–123<br />
Victim(s) : 1) Sanjoy Singh 2) Dhananjoy Singh 3) Akbar Khan<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) PC 2) Ismail Mondal, OIC 3) J. Khan, SI<br />
Location : Garden Reach PS, Kolkata<br />
Date of incident : 06/04/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Sanjoy Singh, aged 40, is the Chairman of Royal Cruiser Company, which his located at Tartala<br />
road. On 6 th April 2008, a police constable of Garden Reach Police Station came to the company and<br />
demanded bribe from the hands of Akbar Khan, the driver of the company. The latter was beaten up<br />
brutally for denying the same. Sanjoy and Dhananjoy Singh, the MD of the Company along with few<br />
other staff went to Garden Reach Police Station to lodge a complaint against the constable, but the latter<br />
went ahead and lodged a false complaint against Sanjoy showing injuries on his head. Thus the victim<br />
was beaten up by the SI and other police officials, the result of which he sustained injuries on his nose,<br />
left arm and face, oozing out blood. The victims were detained the whole night under illegal custody and<br />
in the following morning they were granted Police Station Bail. But they were produced before the Chief<br />
Judicial Magistrate of Alipore Court on 7 th April 2008. The Court first rejected the bail but accepted the<br />
second one. During these times, the police didn’t make arrangements for administering treatment for<br />
Sanjoy, who were severely injured. Dhananjoy send complaints to the CM, Transport Minister, Home<br />
Secretary, Police Commissioners, DCP, SP, OIC of Rabindranagar Police Station and OIC of Garden<br />
Reach Police Station but in vain. Later on Sanjoy was admitted in SSKM Hospital and underwent<br />
treatment for four days.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
467<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2007