03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch
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FF Code : W.B./MON(Aditi Kar)/Kolkata/<br />
July-25/07/2007/Sl.No.-61<br />
Victim(s) : Sima Adhikary<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Biman Mridha, Officer-in-Charge,<br />
Dhubulia PS; 2). POs Dhubulia PS<br />
Location : Dhubulia Police Station, District-<br />
Nadia<br />
Date of incident : 08/07/2007 to 10/07/2007<br />
<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />
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Case Details:<br />
Sima Adhikary is a sex worker whose family is wholly dependent on her income.<br />
On 8 July 2007, 3-4 Dhubulia PS police officers arrested Adhikary and some other sex<br />
workers. There were no female arresting police officers and there were no female police<br />
officers at the Dhubulia PS.<br />
The male Dhubulia PS police officers forced the women to change their clothes in front of them.<br />
On 9 July 2007, Dhubulia PS Officer-in-Charge Biman Mridha beat the women with a baton.<br />
The women were also detained for two days and the police registered a case against them.<br />
Adhikary and the other women sent complaints to several higher police officials but no follow-up<br />
action was taken.<br />
FF Code : W.B./MON(Aditi Kar)/Kolkata/<br />
July-25/07/2007/Sl.No.-61<br />
Victim(s) : Ms. Sima Adhikary and 6 others.<br />
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Mr. Biman Mridha, The officer in<br />
Charge of Dhubulia PS, Nadia, 2).<br />
Smt. Sabita, Lady PC of Dhubulia PS,<br />
District- Nadia, 3). Other Police<br />
personnel of Dhubulia PS, District- Nadia.<br />
Location : Dhubulia Police Station, District- Nadia<br />
Date of incident : 08/07/2007 to 10/07/2007<br />
Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />
2007<br />
Case Details:<br />
All the victims in this case are sex workers. They come from very poor families and their families<br />
were fully dependent on their income. On 8 th July 2007 at around 10.30pm the victims went to a<br />
‘Dhaba’ near Bahadurpur railway crossing. On that time 3-4 policemen at plain clothes came to<br />
that place and took them to Dhubulia PS. There was no woman police at the time of arrest and<br />
also no woman police was at the PS.