You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
FF Code : EU/OR/KHURDA /154/2008<br />
Victim(s) : 1) Pritam Priyadarshi Dash; 2) Bijay Kumar Dash;<br />
3) Smt.Manorama Dash<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Jagannath Pradhan, Officer-in-Charge,<br />
Mancheswar PS<br />
Location : Khairapada village<br />
Date of incident : 24/04/2008<br />
Background and Summary of the case:<br />
<strong>Orissa</strong><br />
110<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2008<br />
The victim Bijay Kumar Dash (48) and his wife victim Smt. Manorama Dash (42) were residents of<br />
Khairapada village, Khurda. They were the parents of the late victim Pritam Priyadarshi Dash. Bijay<br />
was an ITI Director of Khairapada and Manorama was a service holder.<br />
On 24 April 2008 at 6:39 PM, two of Pritam’s friend called Manorama to get her permission that Pritam<br />
could visit Yatra with them. When Pritam did not return home at about 10 PM, his parents got worried<br />
and called him and his friends. Since they could not find Pritam, they went to Mancheswar police station<br />
to lodge an F.I.R. on 25 April 2008 at about 9:30 AM. The Officer-in-Charge (OIC), Jagannath Pradhan<br />
refused to lodge the F.I.R. and said that Pritam would return home on his own. Bijay told the OIC that he<br />
suspected Rama Chandra Tripathy of having kidnapped and murdered Pritam, because Bijay did not<br />
accept Rama Chandra Tripathy’s proposal of marriage between his daughter and Pritam. The OIC<br />
refused to listen to Bijay.<br />
At 1.20 PM Manorama also went to the police station and inquired about her son. Again the OIC<br />
refused to file an F.I.R about the matter.<br />
On the next day 25 April 2008, Bijay and Manorama went to the Deputy Commissioner of Police<br />
(DCP), who filed their F.I.R. The DCP did not take any further action to enquire about the matter and<br />
arrest the accused.<br />
When the news of Pritam’s disappearance and the police inaction spread in the village, the villagers<br />
protested in front of the police station on 27 April 2008. When Assistant Commissioner of Police Suresh<br />
Mohapatra was informed about this, he went to the police station and told the villagers that he would<br />
arrest the accused within two hours. Thereafter, he went to Jaripatna village and arrested Rama<br />
Chandra Tripathy. When the villagers went away, he released Rama Chandra Tripathy after detaining<br />
him for two hours.<br />
When Bijay got to know that Rama Chandra Tripathy was released, he informed the DCP, who then<br />
contacted the police station. So a police officer brought Rama Chandra Tripathy and Pankaj to the<br />
police station again. At the police station they were not inquired about Pritam’s disappearance but<br />
offered cold drinks, pan and cigarettes and they were soon released. The accused bribed the police to<br />
be released and avoid further investigation of the case.