Orissa - People's watch

FF Code : EU/OR/KHURDA /147/2008
Victim(s) : Krushna Chandra Mangaraj
Perpetrator(s) : Sarbeswar Patra, PC, Khurda PS
Location
: Khurda PS
Date of incident : 04/04/2008
Background and Summary of the case:
The victim Krushna Chandra was a resident of Kumbharabasta village, Khurda. He worked as a
service holder.
On 3 April 2008, Prematala, who was the wife of police constable Sarbeswar Patra, filled an F.I.R
against Krushna’s son Tapas Mangaraj in Khurda police station stating that had kidnapped her daughter.
So on 4 April 2008 the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and one other police officer of Khurda police came to
Tapa’s house and when Tapas was not there, they forcibly took Krushna to the police station. He was
detained until 11 PM.
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On the next day 5 April 2008 at about 9 AM, when Krushna was working in his office, he was again taken
to the police station. When his wife and brother-in-law Bijoy Kumar Gumansing were informed of his
arrest, they went to the police station together with some other villagers. The OIC of the police station
would not release Krushna because Sarbeswar, whose wife had filed the F.I.R about the kidnapping,
worked as constable at that police station. Sarbeswar threatened to kill Krushna, if he did not hand over
his daughter to him. He also threatened to kill Tapas and send all his family members to jail.
Sarbeswar and his sons also caused commotion with swords inside the premises of the police station
during Khurda’s detention. In response to this the OIC threatened both Sarbeswar and Krushna to take
them to Court. Then Sarbeswar begged to be excused by the OIC and said that the two families would
together find their daughter and son. A written agreement about this was made at the police station.
Then OIC released Krushna at about 6 PM on 6 of April. After Krushna returned home to the village,
Sarbeswar again created disturbances and threatened to murder his family members and kidnap his
daughter.
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