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personnel also ransacked their houses and damaged the mud walls and doors. Sukumar
Malik and the others suffered huge financial losses.
It was later revealed that the police of Jangipara PS falsely implicated the victim in a case u/s
399/402 IPC (Case No. 61/2007).
Sukumar Malik is still in police custody, having been denied bail by the court. He was only wage
earner in his family; his detention has left his family members helpless and now they are
undergoing a severe financial crisis.
FF Code : W.B/MON(GopenChandra Sharma)/
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Victim(s) : Md. Sayab Ali Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : 1) BSF Guard, called “Biswasbau” by his
companions, ‘C’ Company, Battalion No. 90,
BOP No. 6; 2) Somnath Banerjee, OC,Jalangi PS;
3) unnamed Duty Officer, Jalangi PS.
Location : Near Out Post No. 6, near Char Kakmari village
Date of incident : 10/11/2006
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Case Details:
Victim Md. Sayab Ali Mondal is a daily wage earner, who manages to feed his family by working
on a small piece of land.
On 10 November 2006, while he was approaching his land with his two sons, Md. Sayab Ali
Mondal saw some BSF personnel unloading smuggled goods from a vehicle clearly from
Bangladesh.
Frightened by the presence of a civilian, the BSF personnel became furious. They began to
beat Md. Sayab Ali Mondal severely with bamboo sticks. Even when Md. Sayab Ali Mondal
was knocked to the ground, they did not stop. Md. Sayab Ali Mondal received grave injuries to
his left wrist, and fell unconscious.
When Md. Sayab Ali Mondal regained consciousness, he visited nearby Sagarpara Hospital.
The Hospital authority provided some primary medical treatment and referred him for an x-ray
of his wrist. The x-ray report showed that Md. Sayab Ali Mondal’s wrist had sustained multiple
fractures.
Local human rights activist Gopen Sharma assisted Md. Sayab Ali Mondal in drafting a complaint.
Annual Report on Torture
2007