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Haladhar’s wife Ratra Meher was suffering from a chronic disease. She continuously received medical<br />
treatment, but her condition did not improve and finally in the evening on 6 February 2008, she died.<br />
When Ratra’s brother was informed of her death, he filed an FIR on dowry torture death against<br />
Haladhar.<br />
After receiving the complaint, the Officer-In-charge (OIC) of Ulunda police station Sairil Soren called<br />
Haladhar, his two brothers Karuna Kar Meher and Manabodh Meher and his brother-in-law to police<br />
station. They released were all released after one day in detention.<br />
Later they were again called to the police station and detained for three days before they were presented<br />
before the court. The police forcibly tried to make them admit to have killed Ratra Meher, and when they<br />
refused they were all beaten up. When Haladhar explained that he did not kill his wife, he was beaten<br />
even more severely by the OIC.<br />
Haladhar later filed a complaint about the incident referring to the D.K. Basu guide lines.<br />
FF Code<br />
: EU/OR/CTC/090/2008<br />
Victim(s)<br />
: Sabita Mohapatra<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Narsingha Chjaran Rout<br />
Location<br />
: Post-Buxibazar, Cuttack<br />
Date of incident : 29/02/2008<br />
<strong>Orissa</strong><br />
133<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Sabita Mohapatra, age 40, works as a secretary. She was active for the rights of women. Some<br />
people did not like that and therefore Sri Ramakanta Nayak came into her house and threatened to<br />
kidnap her and her son. When she wanted to report this at the police station she was detained there from<br />
10 A.M. to 6 P.M. by Narsingha Chjaran Rout. He addressed her with inappropriate language, using her<br />
sex to abuse her. Then he beat her. As a result of the physical and mental torture Sabita Mohapatra lost<br />
her mental peace.<br />
FF Code : EU/OR/KHURDA/92/2008<br />
Victim(s) : Paresh Behera<br />
Perpetrator(s) : Devi Shankar Pratap, SI<br />
Location : P.S-Laxmi Sagar,Dist-Khurda<br />
Date of incident : 10/03/2008<br />
Case Details:<br />
Victim Paresh Behera, age 48, a private service holder saw a group of people gathering at Laxmi<br />
Sagar Chhak due to an accident. A jail police van had crashed into a motorbike from its backside which<br />
caused serious injuries to the motorbike driver but the van rushed away immediately. Another P.C.R<br />
Annual Report on Torture<br />
2008
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