Orissa - People's watch

FF Code : EU/OR/JSP/142/2008
Victim(s) : Pravat Kumar Panda
Perpetrator(s) : Sudhakar Sahoo, OIC
Location : Biridi outpost
Date of incident : 26/02/2008
Case Details:
Victim Pravat Kumar Panda, aged 26, resides at Bharirathi-Sasan, Kamakhya Nagar, Dhenkanal
district.
On 26 th of February 2008 he had a dispute with one B.S.N.L official about a car (Indica) who afterwards
lodged a false kidnapping case against a friend of Pravat. While this friend was at the Jagatsinghpur
station the Biridi Police official seized his Indica. When Paravat was about to return after an enquiry
about the Indica Sudhakar Sahu, the officer in charge of Biridi ou-post beat him severely. Due to that his
legs were swollen. After the assault the police kept him in the lockup till 11 p.m. The police did not allow
him to inform his family through phone from there and neglected to supply him with food and water.
Orissa
139
FF Code : EU/OR/KUR/162/2008
Victim(s) : Ganesh Nayak
Perpetrator(s) : 1) Upadhaya, Police, Industrial Out Post PS
2) A.B.Dalua, SI, Jatni PS
Location : Jatni PS
Date of incident : 26/07/2008
Case Details:
The victim Ganesh Nayak was an inhabitant of Bachhera. On 26 th July, 2008 about 15 policemen from
Industrial Out Post had dragged him to the police station with reference to a theft case. The police had
poured kerosene on his fingers and private parts and had snatched his mobile and Rs 1000. Then the
police had taken him to Jatni Police Station. The police had stripped him naked and beaten brutally. The
next day the victim Ganesh Nayak was taken to the doctor and the police had informed the doctor that
he had sustained injuries in an accident. Then the following day, he was produced before the Magistrate
and then sent to jail.
Annual Report on Torture
2008