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for Bishnu had attacked him. The victim had once engaged in cattle smuggling. A mass petition from the<br />
villagers was sent to the Home Minister and copies to the DG, and IG of BSF. The brother of the<br />
deceased was threatened by the BSF Officials not to lodge any case against them and it is believed that<br />
the victim’s family received huge amount from the Officials to compromise the case.<br />
FF Code : W.B./MON (S. Mukhtar Ahmed)/<br />
District-24 PGS(N)/Feb-12/02/2008/ Sl No.-109<br />
Victim(s) : (Late) Faruk Biswas<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Akash Thapa, BSF Constable<br />
Location : Madhupur, North 24 Parganas<br />
Date of incident : 02/02/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Faruk Biswas, S/o Hatem Ali Biswas was a resident of Madhupur, falling under the jurisdiction of<br />
Bagdah Police Station. His brother Manik Biswas was caught by few BSF Jawans, alleging him of<br />
being involved in illegal practices. Hatem begged the police to leave his son, owing to which they left him<br />
for the time being and waited for an opportune time. Accordingly on 2 nd February 2008 the youngest son<br />
of Hakem, namely Faruk was shot dead by Constable Akash Thapa. The BSF Officials rushed into the<br />
house of Hakem, dragged him out and stated that his son was lying dead. In order to color the crime, the<br />
BSF Officials kept a carton of Phensidyl drug in the body of the deceased and also an instrument beside<br />
his body that was used to cut the fencing wires. The police of Bagdah Police Station stated this death as<br />
an unnatural one. To protect themselves, the BSF Officials had already lodged a complaint against<br />
deceased Faruk, stating that he was shot dead while attempting to cross the border carrying the drug.<br />
FF Code : W.B./ MON (Julfikar Ali)/ District- Murshidabad/ Jan-19/01/2008/Sl.No-154<br />
Victim(s) : (Late) Masadul Seikh<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) PC 2) Sunoyon Basu, OIC<br />
Location : Bamnabad Out-Post, Raninagar<br />
Date of incident : 24/12/2007<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Masadul Seikh, aged 22 was a resident of Char Ramchandrapur village, falling under the<br />
jurisdiction of Raninagar Police Station. The victim transported cattle across the border owing to his<br />
stringent economic conditions. Accordingly, Masadul was trying to transport a buffalo in the border area<br />
on 24 th December 2007. A police constable of BSF fired from his camp, causing a bullet to penetrate into<br />
the victim’s lower neck. He shot again on the victim’s head so as to kill him on the spot. After murdering<br />
the victim, the BSF tried to suppress the incident, and didn’t allow anybody to go near the place. SI<br />
Pradip Biswas of Raninagar Police Station arrived at the place with his force and identified the body as<br />
that of Masadul. The BSF on the other hand colored the murder as an encounter. Such kinds of<br />
activities have become a daily routine in the border area. People who bribe the BSF are set free and the<br />
others are killed. In contrast to such issues, the police of Raninagar refuse to take any complaints of<br />
torture and killing.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
392<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2007