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trade. The Sinthee PS police officers then severely beat Adak with a wooden stick. The police
officers also imprisoned Adak for one half hour. Ultimately, Adak’s brother paid the Sinthee PS
Rs. 20,320 to secure Adak’s release.
On 20 June 2007, at 10:15am, Sinthee Constable Sanjay Singh illegally demanded money from
a truck driver names Samar Singh. When Samar Singh refused to pay, Constable Singh
slapped him. The vendors in a nearby market staged a protest and Sinthee PS Officer-in-
Charge Goutam Kar arrived on the scene. Kar initially declared that the episode had been preplanned
by the vendors. However, he ultimately promised to punish Constable Singh.
FF Code : W.B./MON (Aditi Kar)/Kolkata/
May-11/05/2007/Sl.No.-45
Victim(s) : Johur Ali
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Mr. Santosh Biswas, SI of Baranagar PS
and others official of Baranagar PS
2) Manoranjan Saha, clerk of Additional
Chief Judicial Magistrate court of
Barrackpore Court
Location : Near Dumdum Atapara Vat, PS,
Baranagar PS,
Date of incident : 28/04/2007
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Case Details:
Victim Johur Ali was living in his mother-in-law’s house as a rag picker in Basanti colony,
Kolkata.
On 28 th April 2007, while Ali was working, he was tricked by a Baranagar PS police officer into
entering an auto- rickshaw. When Ali attempted to leave the auto-rickshaw, the police threatened
him by flashing his pistol. Ali was detained in a cell at the Baranagar police station.
At around 7:00pm, Ali’s mother-in-law met with Santosh Biswas, SI of Baranagar PS, who
directed her to meet with Manoranjan Saha, the Clerk of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of
Barrackpore Court. Clerk Saha explained that a petty case had been filed against Ali, and he
demanded Rs. 300 for Ali’s release. Ali’s mother-in-law had previously paid a similar bribe to
have her son released under similar circumstances.
On 29 th April 2007, at around 11.30am, Ali’s mother-in-law paid the Rs. 300 bribe to Clerk Saha.
Ali was released at 3:30pm without being presented before any magistrate or judge. It was later
discovered that no case was written beside Ali’s name in the Baranagar PS register book.
Annual Report on Torture
2007