03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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On 6 March 2007 at 6.30pm, SI S.K. Mukharjee came to the hospital to record Sima Sardar’s<br />
statement. In pain, Sima Sardar could not give a statement, so the SI said that he would record<br />
her statement after she recovered. However, the SI never returned.<br />
When Tarak Nath Das later asked the SI about the criminal proceedings against Surajit Sardar,<br />
the SI replied that he had arrested Surajit Sardar on 5 March 2007 but released him the next day.<br />
On 8 March 2007, Sima Sardar was discharged. She went to the Ultadanga PS with Tarak<br />
Nath Das. There, the SI told Tarak Nath Das to call Surajit and Rita Sardar to the station. When<br />
they arrived, the SI behaved very roughly with Sima Sardar and asked her to sign a paper on<br />
which was written “Sima is going to her father’s house to recover her health.” The SI kept this<br />
paper in his custody.<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
FF Code : W.B./MON(Murari Dey)/<br />
Hoogly/Oct-22/10/07/SLNO–56<br />
Victim(s) : Uttara Das<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Officer-in-Charge, Chanditala PS<br />
Location : Residence of Bimal Das.<br />
Date of incident : 30/07/2007<br />
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Case Details:<br />
On 30 July 2007, at 4.30pm, victim Uttara Das, age 14, was returning to her house in<br />
Joykrishnapore Village after school. On Das’ way home, one of her relatives called her to his<br />
house and locked her in a room. The relative raped Das. While raping her, the relative covered<br />
Das’ mouth with his hand to silence her screams. The relative threatened to kill Das if she told<br />
anyone about the rape. The relative has strong ties with several political parties and he is an<br />
influential man in the village.<br />
A week later, Das told her father about the rape. When Das’ father confronted the relative, the<br />
relative beat him.<br />
Das lodged a complaint with the Chanditala PS. The police did not take any action in response<br />
to the complaint. On 9 September 2007, Das’ father lodged a complaint with the Officer-in-<br />
Charge of the Chanditala PS. The police did not take any subsequent action. On 8 October<br />
2007, the Chanditala PS Officer-in-Charge, made Das’ father sign a blank piece of paper.<br />
Since the rape, the relative has continuously threatened Das and her family with death.<br />
The Manabbadi Samaj has informed the <strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong> Commission for Women about the case,<br />
but no action has been taken. Das also lodged a complaint with the Torture Victim Support<br />
Forum on 12 October 2007.<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />
2007