#India- People are being denied entry to their land for cultivation by BSF #Humanrights #livelihood

14 January 2013

National Human Rights Commission

Faridkot House

Copernicus Marg

Respected Sir,

We have come across the diabolical recurrence of torture perpetrated by Border Security Force in the bordering areas of Char Majhardiar Mouza under Police Station- Raninagar, District- Murshidabad resulted in a terrible scare in the minds of the villagers residing there. The villagers had to abide by the various silly norms and rules of Border Security Force and slightest violation resulted into brutal physical assault and harassment of the villagers. It does not seem that this country at all belongs to these people rather it is the atrocious rule of BSF officials with nauseating indulgence from the civil administration. Our attached fact finding report gives details of the situation.

The poor marginalized villagers of Char Majhardiar Mouza mostly bear the brunt of BSF torture in the bordering areas whether they are involved with crime or not. The right to life and the right to livelihood of the villagers as enshrined in the Art.21 of the Constitution of India have been grossly violated due to the atrocities and torturous activities carried out by BSF in the name of safeguarding the country though there is widespread smuggling in the porous Indo-Bangladesh border with the blessing of a section of BSF.

Hence we seek your urgent intervention in this matter in the following manner:-

Secure the life and livelihood of the poor villagers of Char Majhardiar Mouza, District-Murshidabad from the gruesome atrocities inflicted upon them by the Border Security Force.
The whimsical and outrageous dictums of BSF must be overruled.
The guilty Border Security Force personnel must be booked under the law for their alleged act of atrocities and torture upon the poor villagers.
The victims must be provided adequate compensation and protection.

Thanking You

Yours truly

Kirity Roy

Secretary, MASUM

Name of the victims:- The villagers of villages namely – Char Harudanga, Char Durgapur, Uttar Char Majhardiar, Mahadebpur, Char Banshgara under Char Majhardiar Mouza, Police Station-Raninagar, District-Murshidabad.

Name of the Perpetrators: – The involved Border Security Force personnel Harudanga Mini Camp under Kaharpara BSF Camp of Battalion no. 130, Police Station-Raninagar District-Murshidabad & concerned BDO, police and panchayet officials

It is revealed through the fact finding that the victims were all farmers under villages namely – Char Harudanga, Char Durgapur, Uttar Char Majhardiar, Mahadebpur, Char Banshgara under Char Majhardiar Mouza, Police Station-Raninagar, District-Murshidabad.

It is also revealed during the fact finding that Char Majhardiar Mouza is adjacent to Indo-Bangladesh border. The villagers stated that fencing has been done by the Border Security Force touching the border road through the said Char Majhardiar Mouza leaving 300 acres of cultivation land beyond the fencing towards Indo-Bangladesh border and adjacent to the actual border line of Indo-Bangladesh border. The BSF personnel are posted inside the fencing, but villagers residing under Char Majhardiar Mouza have their respective cultivation lands beyond the fencing. The villagers of Char Majhardiar Mouza stated that crops grown in such cultivation lands remain unguarded and consequently the miscreants from Bangladesh frequently trespass into their cultivation lands and take away the produce of the cultivation lands. The Border Security Force does not provide any protection to them to save the produce of the cultivation lands. Moreover everyday thousands of cattle are being smuggled to Bangladesh in illegal way by the smugglers in connivance with a section of Border Security Force personnel and smugglers have been using the corn-fields of the villagers as their way for transporting the cattle. As a result, the victims could neither harvest nor cultivate crops in the farming lands. The farmers of the area were to bear the loss of field crops daily at the time of illegal activities of the cattle smugglers. The villagers pointed out that Border Security Force should be posted at the actual Indo-Bangladesh border in order to ensure protection to their life and livelihood.

It was also informed that the victims were frequently tortured by the Boarder Security Force personnel if the victims would dare to protest against such atrocious and whimsical activities. Surprisingly enough, the Boarder Security Force authority, the local police stations and other administrative personnel were involved in such illegal activities. The victims were aware of all such activities but they were helpless as there is always a threat from Border Security Force personnel and local police of roping them in false and concocted criminal cases. The victims had to endure all these in fears of perpetrator BSF personnel.

The villagers of Char Majhardiar Mouza since long several times submitted mass petitions against the ongoing atrocities and tortures perpetrated by the BSF personnel upon the innocent villagers before the District Magistrate, Murshidabad, the DIG-BSF, Murshidabad, higher administrations concerned but no fruitful result yielded till this day. We collected few names and their land details , who are deprived of their right to life and livelihood.

Sl No.	Name of the Petitioner	Mouja	Dag No.
1	Najrul Islam	Char Majhardiar	1112, 311
2	Jabiruddin Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	314
3	Bahdul Islam	Char Majhardiar	1112
4	Iear	Char Majhardiar	1112
5	Sahaban Ali	Char Majhardiar	712
6	Annatfar Gaji	Char Majhardiar	324
7	Khorshed	Char Majhardiar	314
8	Sultan	Char Majhardiar	314
9	Farid Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	?
10	Anamul Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
11	Rajjak Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
12	Ajit Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
13	Samirul Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
14	Mondal Khalil	Char Majhardiar	314
15	Asraful Shekh	Char Majhardiar	314
16	Khalilur Rahaman	Char Majhardiar	1112
17	Hasan Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
18	Mintu Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	314
19	Sariful Islam	Char Majhardiar	314
20	Aatahar Rahaman	Char Majhardiar	314
21	Mojahar Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
22	Abubakkar Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
23	Badesh	Char Majhardiar	314
24	Jahiruddin Sarkar	Char Majhardiar	314
25	Najimuddin Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
26	Jakir Hussain	Char Majhardiar	1112
27	Saidul Sarkar	Char Majhardiar	?
28	Abdul Bari	Char Majhardiar	1112
29	Oaji Sarkar	Char Majhardiar	1112
30	Rahul Sarkar	Char Majhardiar	314
31	Rabban Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	?
32	Rahimuddin Sarkar	Char Majhardiar	?
33	Jillar Rahaman	Char Majhardiar	314
34	Baidyanath Ghosh	Char Majhardiar	1112
35	Nimai Chandra Mondal	Char Majhardiar	1107
36	Bablu Kumar Mondal	Char Majhardiar	?
37	Dilip Kumar Mondal	Char Majhardiar	?
38	Ajay Kumar Mondal	Char Majhardiar	?
39	Panchanan Mondal	Char Majhardiar	?
40	Nantu Shekh	Char Majhardiar	?
41	Anup Kumar Mondal	Char Majhardiar	?
42	Biresh Chandra Sarkar	Char Majhardiar	1107
43	Boro Mondal	Borderpara	?
44	Pradip Mondal	Borderpara	1907
45	Sadhan Kumar Mondal	Borderpara	1108
46	Biswanath Monadal	Borderpara	1107
47	Sahadeb Mondal	Borderpara	1112
48	Sherjel Islam	Borderpara	1107
49	Subhash Chandra Mondal	Borderpara	1108
50	Upendranath Mondal	Borderpara	?
51	Uday Mondal	Borderpara	1112
52	Mafejul Sheikh	Borderpara	1112
53	Babulal Mondal	Borderpara	314
54	sanjoy Mondal	Borderpara	314
55	Sheikh Majid	Borderpara	225
56	Sudershan Mondal	Majhdiar	?
57	Raycharan Mondal	Char Banshgara	225
58	Suren Mondal	Char Banshgara	225
59	Hira Mondal	Char Banshgara	225
60	Ajahar Sheikh	Char Banshgara	314
61	Mithen Mondal	Char Banshgara	?
62	Paresh Chandra Mondal	Majhardiar	?
63	Pitambur Mondal	Char Borderpara	?
64	Eyamulsk Mondal	Banshgara	?
65	Kuilana Mondal	Banshgara	?
66	Sujoy Kabiraj	Char Banshgara	?
67	Mafikul Islam	Char Banshgara	?
68	Gulam Nabi Azad	Uttar Char Majhardiar	?
69	Satrughan Mondal	Char Majhardiar	?
70	Najrul Islam	Char Majhardiar	314
71	Nilkanta Mondal	Char Majhardiar	314
72	Rahimuddin Sarkar	Char Majhardiar	314
73	Krishna Mondal	Char Majhardiar	314
74	Abubakkar Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	597
75	Mojaffar Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	597
76	Rabban Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	82/83/79/314/1112
77	Inamul Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	314
78	Ramjan Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	314
79	Amir Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	223
80	Jamshed	Char Majhardiar	314
81	Khalek Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	228
82	Mojid Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	223
83	Mojid Molla	Char Majhardiar	83/312
84	Jiten Mondal	Char Majhardiar	314
85	Abul Kalam	Char Majhardiar	206, 207
86	Jan Mohammad	Char Majhardiar	314
87	Anuar Uddin Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	314
88	Abul Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	314
89	Iear Mohammad	Char Majhardiar	112/314
90	Hemanta Mondal	Char Majhardiar	314/01
91	Sahaban Ali	Char Majhardiar	1112/314
92	Khalilur Rahaman	Char Majhardiar	314
93	Khalil Mondal	Char Majhardiar	224
94	Sheikh Majid	Char Majhardiar	2,283,141,112
95	Jalaluddin Sheikh	Char Majhardiar	1112
96	Khalek Sefatulla	Char Majhardiar	83

—
Kirity Roy
Secretary
Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha
(MASUM)
&
National Convenor (PACTI)
Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity
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