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