Orissa - People's watch

On 21 August 2008 at 12 AM, in Chhiama village, Bijaya Korada attempted to rape the girl Kabita.
Therefore her elderly father and mother went to Gadamanitri out post to lodge an F.I.R. against the
perpetrator. But instead of filling their F.I.R., Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the out post Das Babu took them
both to Begunia police station at 2 PM. At the police station they were detained by Prasanta Kumar Malla,
OIC of Begunia P.S until 2 AM.
The next day when their two sons Susanta and Pabitra were informed of their parets’ arrest, they went
to the police station. At the police station OIC Prasanta Kumar Malla detained both of them for four days
and persuaded Bijaya Korada to file a false F.I.R against them.
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During their detention, the OIC did not offer Pabitra and Susanta any food or water. He beat them brutally
so that their bodies got swollen and also verbally abused them referring to their caste. He forced them to
write an FIR according to his instruction. During their detention Pabitra and Susanta did not undergo a
medical check up and their family members were not allowed to meet them in the police station.
On 24 May 2008 about 10.10 AM, they were forwarded to the court.
Pabitra and Susanta were later informed that OIC Kumar Malla received a bribe for filling a false case
against them.
FF Code : EU/OR/KHURDA /148/2008
Victim(s) : Rabindra Parida
Perpetrator(s) : Bijay Kumar Sethi, SI, Khandagiri P.S.
Location : Khandagiri P.S.
Date of incident : 10/03/2008
Statement of Victim:
The victim Rabindra Parida (40) was a resident of Bharatpur village, Khurda. He worked as a daily
laborer.
Annual Report on Torture
2008
On 9 March 2008 at about 9.30 PM Kalia and three other young bullies came to Basumati Dei’s house
and asked for wine. When she did not open the door, they forcibly entered her house by breaking the
door. Kalia and his three friends vigorously covered Basumati’s face in a cloth and beat her severely
so that she became unconscious. Her husband Jogan Singh and others found her in her state of
unconsciousness.
On 10 March 2008 at about 5:20 AM the villagers asked Rabindra to take the unconscious Basumati
to the hospital for treatment. When he refused, they threatened him that if he did not do it, then he would
have to leave the village. So Rabindra and some other villagers took her to the capital hospital for
treatment. At that time Basumati was bleeding from her mouth.
In the mean time, police officers from Khandagiri police station reached the hospital. The police constables
took Rabindra with them to the police station without telling him the reason of arrest. When they reached
the police station at about 9:30 AM, Sub-inspector (SI) Bijay Kumar Sethi told him to open his shirt and