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and demanded that his subordinates catch hold of them. The officers caught and shot Asif Iqbal
and Sahin Sk.
Asif Iqbal and Sahin Sk.’s bodies were kept in front of the Raninagar PS for hours.
The BSF lodged an FIR at Raninagar PS (Case No. 57/2007, dated 02.04.2007, u/s 147/148/
149/186/353/307 IPC). The BSF also prepared a seizure list that shows one dead cow and one
blunt sickle.
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No magisterial inquiry was performed.
Complaints have been sent to the NCHR, the DG of the BSF, the District Magistrate (Murshidabad),
the SP (Murshidabad), and various international bodies and organizations. No action has been
taken.
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Victim(s)
Perpetrator(s)
Location
Date of incident :08/04/2007
:W.B./Mon (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/
Murshidabad/ May-05.05.2007/
SL. No.-51
:Babar Ali @ Bhuttu Sarkar
:1) Unnamed officers, 140 BN, BSF;
2) Sunayan Basu, OC, Raninagar PS
:Out Post Nos. 1 and 2, Palpara BOP,
under Kaharpara, Company
Headquarter, Raninagar PS, Murshidabad,
West Bengal
Case Detail:
Victim Babar Ali was engaged in trafficking cows across the Indo-Bangladeshi border with the
consent of some BSF personnel, which he obtained by bribing them with Rs. 5,000 per pair of
cows. Babar Ali also slaughtered around fifteen pairs of cows with some of his companions.
Annual Report on Torture
2007
On 8 th April 2007 at around 12.30am, a BSF officer
from Out Post No. 2 shot Babar Ali from behind. Babar
Ali fell down on the ground and died on the spot. His
companions fled.
Soon, some BSF personnel from Out Post Nos. 1
and 2 put nine pairs of cows and a blunt weapon just
beside Babar Ali’s body in order to fabricate a cause
for his death.