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equested to talk with his lawyer and other villagers, but the police officer’s did not allow this. His lawyer
Jaganath Behera brought him out on bail and he went home. Then his fellow villagers helped him to go
to the hospital, where he received treatment. Due to his financial situation Duryodhan was not able to take
the medication that the doctor prescribed for more than two days, and therefore he did not fully recover
after the ill-treatment of the police.
Duryodhan was unable to forget the physical and mental abuse he underwent at the police outpost.
FF Code: : EU/OR/JSP/139/2008
Victim(s): : Gopinath Barik
Perpetrator(s): : 1) Sudhakar Sahoo, Officer-in-Charge, Biridi outpost
Location: : Biridi outpost
Date of incident: : 27/03/2008
Statement of Victim:
The victim Gopinath Barik was a resident of Balia Village. He worked as a tractor driver and as a
labourer. His house was next to Dhoba Sradhananda Prusty’s house.
On the 27 march 2008 Gopinath’s mother was not at home and he was afraid to sleep alone in the
house. Therefore Dhoba Sradhananda Prusty’s wife allowed him to sleep in their house and she also
provided him with food. On that same day, there was theft incident in Prusty’s house and he suspected
Gopinath. He called the police and the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of Biridi outpost Sudhakar Sahoo
arrested Gopinath and took him to the police station.
At the police station the OIC brutally abused Gopinath. He was beaten so seriously that when he was
later sent to jail, he vomited blood. When the Superintendent of Police was informed about this, he made
sure that Gopinath received medical attention. During his detention, Gopinath was not provided with food
and water.
After the police ill-treatment Gopinath continued to suffer from diseases caused by the beatings.
FF Code: : EU/OR/KHURDA /157/2008
Victim(s): : 1) Pabitra Behera; 2) Susanta Kumar Behera
Perpetrator(s): : 1) Prasant Kumar Malla, Officer-in-Charge, Begunia P.S;
2) Das Babu, Officer-In-Charge, Gadamanitri out post
Location: : Begunia PS
Date of incident: : 21/05/2008
Background and Summary of the case:
The victims Pabitra Behera (25) and Susanta Kumar Behera were residents of Chhiama village,
Khurda.
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Annual Report on Torture
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