05-West Bengal.pdf - People's watch
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FF Code : W.B./ MON (Amrita Rana)/<br />
District- Howrah/ March-07/03/2008/Sl.No. 59<br />
Victim(s) : Surajit Saha<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Partha Chatterjee, Traffic Sergeant<br />
Location : Kolkata<br />
Date of incident : 04/03/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Surajit Saha, aged 32 is a resident of Howrah. On 4 th March 2008 the victim and his friend Ajay<br />
were passing through B.B.D Bag area in his own motorbike bearing number WB-12 S-9433. Surajit<br />
stopped the bike at the road crossing. A Traffic Sergeant Partha Chatterjee came to the victim and<br />
demanded the driving license. When the victim produced the same, the officer started writing something<br />
against Surajit. When asked the reason, the officer stated that the helmet he was wearing was not<br />
bearing an ISI mark. Another person crossed that way without wearing a helmet. Surajit questioned the<br />
police for leaving him, which angered him and began to rebuke the victim stating to mind his own<br />
business. He also threatened to take Surajit to the police station owing to which the victim left the place.<br />
Ajay was witnessing all these and recorded the conversation in his mobile, and also took few snaps of<br />
the incident.<br />
FF Code : W.B./Mon (S. Mukhtar Ahamed)/<br />
District-24 PGS (N)/Jan-02/01/08/Sl.No.-100<br />
Victim(s) : Residents of Angrail<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Officials 2) Tushar Kar, OIC<br />
Location : Angrail, North 24 Parganas<br />
Date of incident : -<br />
Case Details:<br />
Large populaces of farmers are residing in Angrail, falling under the jurisdiction of Gaighata Police<br />
Station. The area is located near the Indo-Bangladesh border. Everyday thousands of cattle are transported<br />
to Bangladesh and the smuggled cattle are driven through the cornfields of the villagers, causing serious<br />
damage to the land. Most of the villagers belong to the lower income group and have to cultivate crops<br />
taking loan from the bank. Hence they are not able to repay the loan. The cattle caught by the BSF<br />
officials are auctioned at cheap rates. Fifty percent of the cattle are auctioned at the rate of Rs.1,300 to<br />
Rs.2,000 whereas the market value is Rs.17,000 to Rs.22,000. The best quality cattle were smuggled<br />
to Bangladesh with the help of a section of BSF by paying Rs.6,000 to Rs.7,000 per trip. The camp<br />
commander has a good number of cattle stocked in a cowshed duly guarded by the BSF Officials. Few<br />
local influential people having political inclination also play a vital role in this. Daily hundreds of Bangladeshi<br />
citizens are involved in illegal trading across the border in connivance with the BSF. Villagers were<br />
frequently tortured by the BSF Officials if they dared to protest against such atrocities. A local farmer<br />
Khagen Bala was allegedly murdered by the smugglers on 18 th June 2006. Though mass petitions<br />
were submitted to various higher authorities it yielded no fruit.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
481<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2007