03-West Bengal Report.pdf - People's watch

On 15 November 2006, Md. Sayab Ali Mondal went to the Jalangi PS, Murshidabad, to lodge
his complaint; however, OC Somnath Banerjee threw away his complaint. The Duty Officer
stated that he could do nothing if the OC did not accept Md. Sayab Ali Mondal’s complaint.
Gopen Sharma assisted Md. Sayab Ali Mondal in contacting the ASP, Murshidabad. The ASP
subsequently directed the Jalangi PS to accept Md. Sayab Ali Mondal’s complaint. However,
the Duty Officer of Jalangi PS still refused to accept the complaint.
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FF Code : W.B. /Mon (GCH)/ Murshidabad/
July-19.07.2007/ SL.No. - 77
Victim(s) : 1) Sudev Mondal; 2) Kausalya Devi;
3) Kausik Mondal; 4) Piyus Mondal;
5) Keya Mondal
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Mr. Sakhawat Hussein, SI; 2)
four unnamed PCs
Location : At the victims’ house; Domkal PS,
Murshidabad, West Bengal
Date of incident : 06/07/2007
Case Details:
Victim Sudev, age 35, lives with his wife and children – the other victims – in Tulsipur village,
Murshidabad, West Bengal.
On 28 June 2007, Golam Gauth Seikh, Tiarul Seikh, and others (all of Jot Kani village) beat
Sudev in a property dispute.
At 9.00pm, Sudev filed a complaint at the Domkal PS before receiving treatment at Domkol Sub-
Divisional Hospital. However, the police and Sudev’s attackers implicated him in another police
case instead.
Annual Report on Torture
2007
On 6 July 2007 at about 1.00am, when Sudev was not at home, SI Shakhawat Hussein arrived
at his house with four PCs. There was no female police escort. The officers insulted Sudev’s
wife; she could not convince them that she did not know Sudev’s whereabouts. The police then
ransacked Sudev’s house; they destroyed tiles, fans, household articles, and other articles.
The police also misbehaved with the female family members.
Sudev’s wife filed complaints with the SP, Berhampore, Murshidabad, and with the District
Magistrate, Murshidabad. No action was taken, despite that a story about the incident was
published in a leading daily newspaper.