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At 11.20pm, the officers returned to Kartik Chandra Haldar’s house, pushed open the door,<br />

insulted him, and ordered him to come out. They forced Kartik Chandra Haldar to sign a blank<br />

paper and demanded that he leave the building by 23 November 2007. Kartik Chandra Haldar<br />

treid to show them his court papers, but they refused to look at the papers and insulted him again.<br />

Kartik Chandra Haldar went to the Balagar PS to lodge complaint, but the OC was absent so he<br />

could do nothing. Kartik Chandra Haldar made several visits to the station to lodge a complaint,<br />

but the OC refused to meet him every time.<br />

Kartik Chandra Haldar sent a complaint to the Superintendent of Police, Chinsurah, Hooghly,<br />

against those who had mistreated him.<br />

OC Partha Sarathi Paul told the fact-finding team that he would protect Kartik Chandra Haldar.<br />

<strong>West</strong> <strong>Bengal</strong><br />

231<br />

FF Code : W.B./MON(Murari Dey)/Hooghly/<br />

Oct-13/10/07/Sl.No.–53;<br />

W.B./MON(Murari Dey)/Hooghly/<br />

Oct-13/10/07/Sl.No.-54<br />

Victim(s) : 1) Krishna Mondal; 2) Kalpana Baul Das<br />

Perpetrator(s) : Pandua PS Unnamed POs, District– Hooghly.<br />

Location : Itachuna Collage More, Itachuna, Hooghly<br />

Date of incident : 12.09.2007<br />

Case Details:<br />

On 12 September 2007, victim Krishna Mondal, age 55, and victim Kalpana Baul Das, age 60,<br />

participated in a peaceful protest regarding the reopening of a health center in Itachuna, Pandua,<br />

Hooghly.<br />

At 12:00pm, 100 police officers from the Pandua Police conducted a lathi charge against the<br />

protestors. A make police officer struck Mondal on the head with a wooden roller, knocking her<br />

to the ground and causing severe head injury. The police officer continued to beat Mondal while<br />

she was on the ground and repeatedly kicked Mondal in the stomach.<br />

A male police officer also assaulted Das. The police officer pulled Das by her hair to his police<br />

car, ripping out a chunk of her hair and causing Das severe pain. The police detained Das in the<br />

police station for five hours and was not provided with food or water. Since this incident, Das has<br />

been rendered bedridden.<br />

Annual <strong>Report</strong> on Torture<br />

2007

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