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

FF Code : W.B./MON(Aditi Kar)/Kolkata/
Sep-12/09/2007/Sl.No.-78
Victim(s) : Prem Nath Iswar
Perpetrator(s) : SI P. Singha, SI and other officers of
Phoolbagan PS,Kolkata
Location : Subhas Sarobar Lake, PS,
Phoolbagan, Kolkata.
Date of incident : 07/09/2007
Case Details:
On 7 September 2007, victim Prem Nath Iswar, a member of Kolkata Rista NGO, and two
friends were socializing near Subhas Sarobar Lake. Sometime during the day, a group of
seven to eight locals (hereinafter “attackers”) confronted Iswar and his friends. While the two
friends managed to escape, the attackers beat Iswar and threw him into the lake. Iswar cannot
swim, and the attackers kicked him while he was in the water and attempted to drown him.
Iswar was ultimately rescued by some locals who heard his screams.
The Secretary of Kolkata Rista called the Phoolbagan PS about the incident, but no police
officers came to the lake for an investigation. The Kolkata Rista Secretary and Iswar then went
to the Phoolbagan PS and attempted to lodge a complaint against the attackers. However, SI
P. Singha of the Phoolbagan PS ordered them only to file a General Diary Entry. The Phoolbagan
officers refused to mention the attempted drowning in the diary entry. Further, the Phoolbagan
officers refused to include one of the attacker’s names which Iswar provided. No subsequent
action was taken by the Phoolbagan PS.
FF Code : W.B./Mon (Gopen Chandra Sharma)/
Murshidabad/May-21/05/2007/SL. No.-55
Victim(s) : Priyanka Das
Perpetrator(s) : 1)Inspector-In-Charge Jayanta Chakraborty,
Domkal PS, District – Murshidabad 2) Si
Mishrababu,Domkal PS, District –Murshidabad
Location : Salar, Murshidabad District; Domkal,
Murshidabad District
Date of incident : 21/02/2007
Case Details:
Victim Priyanka Das, age 17, lived with her parents in the village of Kandara.
On 21 February 2007, Das left her home for tuitions at 9:00am, but never returned. On 21
February 2007, Das had visisted her friend’s house and left with the brother of a Communist
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