03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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Rousanara and her daughter went to the Jalangi PS to lodge a complaint, but the police sent them<br />
to the hospital. The next day Rousanara and her daughter again attempted to lodge a complaint,<br />
but the police only harassed them and refused to file the complaint. Finally, on 4 th April 2007, the<br />
police registered the case.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
150<br />
FF Code : W.B./MON (Susmita Roy<br />
Choudhury) / 24 PGS(S)/<br />
May-21/05/2007/Sl.No.-54<br />
Victim(s) : 1) Ruksana Sardar; 2) Warish Sardar<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Piyal Bhattacharya, OC, Patuli PS<br />
2) Ananda Sarkar, OC, Jadavpur PS<br />
Location : Patuli PS; Jadaypur PS<br />
Date of incident : 02/05/2007<br />
Case Details:<br />
On 1 May 2007, victim Ruksana Sardar, a CPI(M) activist, was returning from the market with<br />
her son victim Warish Sardar. They saw a drunken local boy named Tuma behaving irregularly,<br />
and they saw a local man named Idrish approach and beat Tuma. One Sajid Mia protested, so<br />
Idrish beat him as well. Warish Sardar tried to free Tuma from Idrish. When Tuma’s father<br />
arrived, Warish Sardar told him what had happened; Tuma’s father took him home.<br />
On 2 May 2007, Tuma and his friends Pradip and Amarnath took Warish Sardar forcibly to the<br />
Bandhab Samity Club, where some CPI(M) members were already present. Together, they<br />
beat Warish Sardar.<br />
On learning of the beating, Ruksana Sardar rushed to the place, but the people there started to<br />
beat her too. Ashok Ghosh, a local CPI(M) leader, threatened Ruksana and Warish Sardar.<br />
After this incident, as they were returning home, Ruksana and Warish Sardar were again beaten<br />
by one Asim Saha.<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />
2007<br />
Some local people and CPI(M) members took Ruksana and Warish Sardar to the Bangur<br />
Hospital, and informed Ruksana Sardar’s husband Sujit Sardar.<br />
On 3 May 2007, Sujit Sardar went to the Patuli PS and lodged a complaint.<br />
On 4 May 2007, Ruksana Sardar was discharged from the Hospital. She went to the Patuli PS<br />
with a witness named Bhagirath to lodge a complaint against the CPI(M) members. OC Piyal<br />
Bhattacharya refused to register the complaint and told Ruksana Sardar that she would not