The India-bahers of Bangladesh may not like this information. People on the ground in India are on the move against the inhuman actions perpetrated by their own Govt. agencies.
Why can't our 'human rights' activists speak up and take a stand against land-grabbing, rape, torture, displacement of adibashis in CHT and other areas of Bangladesh by none other than our own Military?
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Subject: [india-unity] Human rights defender Mr. Julfikar Ali is now under wrath of B.S.F.
Kirity Roy <kirityroy@gmail.com> wrote:Dear friend,One of our friend, Mr. Julfikar Ali, has been false implicated in a criminal case by Border Security Force for his continuous effort to expose torture, killings, rape committed by those force in Raninagar police station area near Bangladesh border.We submitted complaints to Governor of WB, NHRC, WBHRC, NMC, Home Secretary Govt of WB, Chief Secretary Govt of WB, DG & IGP Govt of WB, DG BSF & others.We hope & trust you will do support our appeal.RegardsKirityTo 26 February 2008The Hon'ble GovernorGovernment of West BengalRaj BhabanKolkata - 1Sir,For your kind information Mr. Julfikar Ali s/o Abdur Rahim Mia of Village : Lalkup, P.O.: Shibnagar, P.S. Ranninagar, District: Murshidabad has been working as District Human Rights Monitor (DHRM) in Murshidabad under the programme namely 'National Project for Preventing Torture in India' (NPPTI) supported by European Union and FNSt.His primary task is to report the incidents of human rights violation in the district and to interact with different cross-section of the society in minimizing torture, i.e. the heads of the local administration, the teachers, political leaders, police authorities, Officers of BSF, etc. He is a human rights defender as he is working to uphold the fundamental rights guaranteed by our Constitution and also the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR).During his course of action, he has been reporting series of incidents of torture and firing by Border Security Forces (B.S.F.) killing people of the bordering areas along with other torturous act committed by the state agencies. By course of his dedicated effort, he has won the wrath of B.S.F., as he has been reporting torture committed by B.S.F. on the people of the said locality. Our organization has been continuously intervening and complaining against the torturous and illegal acts of B.S.F to the state government, union government, various human rights institutions and also to international communities.Under such backdrop, the B.S.F. has lodged a complaint at Ranninagar Police Station vide said Police Station case no. 8 of 2008 under sections 147/148/149/186/353/307/ 326 of Indian Penal Code describing one incident which purportedly took place in the night of 11/12th January 2008 at about 1-25 a.m. at Kaharpara border out post, point number 8, under police station Ranninagar. In the complaint along with three other persons, the name of Julfikar Ali, the DHRM has been named as an accused person though he has been misdescribed as Julfikar Shiekh and also his address was not fully correct. The police party has been haunting for him and raided his house in his absence. We conducted fact finding over the matter and found that at that point of time as mentioned in the F.I.R. Julfikar Ali was not at all present at the time place of occurrence which is almost twenty five kilometers from the place of residence of Julfikar. He has been falsely implicated in the said police case by B.S.F. lodged by one Inspector, Vikash Chandra, B Company, 90 BN B.S.F.The allegation against Julfikar is false, fabricated and act of malice on the part of B.S.F. He was not connected with the incident anyway nor did he have any inkling with other accused persons in the said case. B.S.F. has deliberately instituted this complaint in order to put pressure on him so that he is constrained to refrain himself in reporting the incidents of violation of human rights. The act of lodging false complaint against the innocent person in order to gag voice of a human rights defender is per se illegal and criminal act done in a conspiratorial manner misusing and abusing the procedure of law in a democratic set up of this country.Cases done by Mr. Julfikar Ali in the year of 2007 where BSF personnel were the perpetrators1. Chanubala Mondal BSF Torture2. Dhananjay Mondal BSF Torture3. Kabita Mondal BSF Torture4. Asif Iqbal & SahinSeikh BSF Killing5. Mijanur Rahaman BSF Torture6. Babar Ali BSF Killing7. Villagers of Lalkup & Nolbona BSF Torture8. Panna Seikh BSF Killing9. Safiqul Islam BSF Killing10. Villagers of Ramchandrapur BSF Torture11. Belu Rani BSF Torture12. Asha Begum BSF Torture (Rape)13 Yudul Seikh BSF Killing14. Basudav Mondal BSF Killing15. Santosh Mondal BSF Killing16. Soleman Seikh & others BSF Torture17. Farmars of Tikiapara, Sirochor and Khoirtala BSF Torture18. Masudul Seikh BSF Torture19. Chaharuddin BSF Torture20. Nabiruddin Seikh BSF Torture21. Anarul Seikh BSF Torture22. Satyen Mondal BSF Torture23. Sonjoy Mondal BSF Torture24. Raychoran Mondal BSF Torture25. Paresh Mondal BSF Torture26. Anath Mondal BSF Torture27. Robiul Seikh BSF Torture28. Asmot Seikh BSF Torture29. Tultul Seikh & Nasima Bibi BSF Torture30. Saju Ali Mondal BSF Killing31. Bagbul Sarkar & others BSF TortureIn all cases as mentioned above, we informed and sought redress for the victims of BSF torture / killings to state government authorities, higher BSF officials, human rights institutions- both state & national level, international communities and others. In many cases the appropriate authorities have been enquiring / seeking reports from the concerned department. It is important to note that BSF personnel physically tortured one aged widow name Ms. Chanu Bala Mondal and after our complaints to different authorities over such brutal incident, departmental enquiry was initiated against some BSF personnel. Under this situation, Ms. Chanu Bala has been put under continuous threat and also inducement from a section of BSF with the help local smugglers. Mr. Julfikar always stood beside her at the time of distress while she refused to succumb to the wish of those BSF personnel. Mr. Gurpal Singh, Commanding Officer (CO) of 90 Battalion arranged meeting over this issue at Bamnabad School, under Raninagar police station on 17.12.2007 for amicable settlement with Chanu Bala and we were also present there at the relevant time. But Mr. Singh retracted from the announced programme finding media people present there. Conspicuously in this meeting he arranged huge force with number of accessories with sitting arrangements to give the meeting a grand colour. The rancor in the mind of BSF became multiplied after the failure of compromise meeting and they became very vindictive and the present case is the outcome of such attitude of BSF of that battalion.The matter is very serious and grave. If a human rights defender is falsely implicated in grave police cases for his apparent act of reporting human rights violation incidents by B.S.F. is detrimental to the free society.We draw your attention on this issue which demands immediate intervention on your part. An innocent person who is a human rights defender can not be harassed in false and fabricated police case. The Indian State is bound to recognize, respect and obey United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.We urge you to immediately take step for exonerating of Julfikar Ali or drop charges from the above criminal case and also start proper proceeding against the BSF personnel / officer responsible for falsely implicating Mr. Julfikar in a serious police case.Thanking youYours sincerely(Kirity Roy)State DirectorNPPTI, West Bengal&President, MASUM
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