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and started quarreling with Kasinath. He made propaganda that the victim was cheating him and subjecting<br />

him to torture when asked for the wages. Accordingly a complaint was lodged at Chanrasekharpur<br />

Police Station, following which Kasinath was arrested by the SI. At the station he was abused with filthy<br />

words by the Constable and slapped on his cheeks. He was threatened to repay the credit under the<br />

threat of being detained in the jail.<br />

FF Code : EU/OR/CTC/065/2008<br />

Victim(s) : Nilamadhaba Lenka<br />

Perpetrator(s) : Saroj Sahoo, Police<br />

Location : Malisahi, Cuttack<br />

Date of incident : 11/01/2008<br />

<strong>Orissa</strong><br />

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Case Details:<br />

Victim Nilamadhaba Lenka is a resident of Malisahi. On 11 th February 2008, on the occasion of<br />

Saraswati Puja, four policemen entered into the house of the victim wearing civilian attire. They started<br />

abusing Nilamadhaba with obscene words. When the victim’s wife Sabitri inquired about their identification,<br />

they caught hold of her hair and abused her as a bastard. The victim received a slap on his cheeks and<br />

was kicked for questioning the police. Nilamadhaba recognized them as the police officials of Mangalabad<br />

Police Station. They beat up the victim and his wife and didn’t let them know the reason. Later on<br />

Nilamadhaba found out the reason that they had come in search of a thief.<br />

FF Code : EU/OR/CTC/070/2008<br />

Victim(s) : Minati Manika<br />

Perpetrator(s) : Soubhagyalaxmi Pattnaik<br />

Location : Mahila PS, Buxibazar<br />

Date of incident : 22/01/2008<br />

Case Details:<br />

Annual Report on Torture<br />

2008<br />

Victim Minati Marika, age 28, is a housewife and member of the OBC-community. She quarreled with<br />

her husband because he had a second wife. Thereafter on 18 th Feb’2005 her family in law suddenly<br />

demanded a dowry and tried to kill her by pouring kerosene onto her. As result of that 1/3 rd of her body<br />

was burnt but she was refused to get a doctor. When reporting that at Mahila Police Station the officer in<br />

charge, Mrs. Saubhagya Laxmi Pattnaik, abused her by inappropriate language referring to her caste<br />

and beat her with a stick. Although she was detained at the police station for about 36 hours her case was<br />

not registered. Seemingly Mrs. Saubhagya Laxmi Pattnaik was bribed by the counterparty.

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