We received information that the victim Prashanta Mondal (deceased), District-Murshidabad  was gunned down by the involved BSF personnel attached with Out-Post no.1 under DMC BSF BOP Camp, Lalgola Police Station, Murshidabad. The incident took place on 17/8/2009 at about 4 am. The victim was reportedly apprehended by the perpetrator BSF jawans, taken into custody, subjected to severe physical assault, three rounds were pumped down on his body and lastly his body was left to remain on the spot for hours until brought to police station on the next day. This inhuman act is itself proof of criminal intention that the bullets were pumped down on the body of the victim with definite intention to eliminate him instead of handing over him to police on existence of any allegation of crime committed by him.

 One complaint of encounter over the incident was lodged at local Lalgola Police Station by BSF vide Lalgola Police Station Case no: 468/2009 dated 17/8/2009 under sections 147/149/186/307/353 of Indian Penal Code. 

The family of the victim tried to lodge one complaint against the perpetrator BSF personnel at local Lalgola Police Station but the police refused to take any complaint and the same police station still refuses to accept the receipt of any complaint from the victim’s family though such complaint was sent by registered post on 8/9/2009 and which was received by the police on 9/9/2009. 

The right to life of the victim has been grossly violated by the perpetrator BSF jawans and the police of Lalgola Police Station. Our attached fact finding report gives details of this incident.