Our fact finding over a case of trafficking of a minor girl from religious minority; Muslim that the victim girl was being trafficked before by some local miscreants and incidents were came to our notice twice. As alleged several complaints were lodged at Basanti police station against the perpetrators but all went in vein. First time in the year 2006, when the victim girl was only 14 years old, Safikul Mistri, one miscreant of about 37 years old kidnapped her and tried to sale her at Mumbai. As reported, her family members lodged a complaint at Basanti police station against Mr. Safikul Mistri. But police did not pay any heed to their complaint. The family members of the victim asked help from Mr. Mintu Molla; a local activist of a political party, he with the help of his companions rescued her from Howrah station and handed over to Basanti police station. As we have been informed that the victim gave her statement against Safikul at the police station but police did not take any action. In 2008 she was reportedly abducted again but rescued from Santragachhi railway ward.

On 05/11/2009 at around 7.30 pm Asraf Mistri and Manirul Moral came to the victim’s house and abducted the victim girl by tying her mouth. Next day on 06/11/2009 Mr. Ayub Ali Midde went to Basanti police station to lodge a complaint but he was refused by the then duty officer of Basanti Police Station, the complainant was told by the then duty officer that in absence of Officer in Charge or second officer of the PS, no complaint, but somehow the incident was registered with a General Dairy Entry No. 344 dated 07.11.2009 at Basanti Police Station while Mr. Ayub Ali Midde went to the police station. On the Same day the father of the victim girl made a petition under section 156 (3) of Criminal Procedure Code at Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court, Alipur in accordance to penal provisions of 363/120B of Indian Penal Code, on 09/11/2009 he sent one written complaint to Officer in Charge (OC) of Basanti police station by registered post. On 11/11/2009 he got information that his daughter was in captivity at the house of one Mr. Sajan Laskar at village Sangrampur - Kachhua under jurisdiction of Usti police station, District South 24 paraganas.  Soon he informed everything to the police but they did not take any action to rescue the girl. Then Mr. Midde along with his wife and other villagers reached at Sajan Laskar’s house and rescued their daughter. The culprits fled from the place after seeing Mr. Midde and his wife. On 12/11/2009 Mr. Midde again lodged a complaint against the perpetrators at Basanti police station and one general dairy was entered having number 605 dated 12/11/2009. The mother of the victim girl made a complaint with all the details to the Superintendent of Police, 24 Parganas (south) on 19.11.2009 with request for immediate appropriate actions against the culprits. The family was informed by the policemen that on 23/12/2009 the victim girl would be taken to the Magistrate of Alipur court to record her statement according to section 164 of Criminal Procedure Code (Cr. P. C). It was reported that police personnel of the said police station took Rs.150 from the father of the victim in pretext of fuel charge and arrangement of lady police personal. On 23/12/2009 she was taken to the court by the police. Mr. Midde also reached at the court and he saw his girl at the court lock-up. He reported that, he had to spend Rs 300 for her girl’s timely handover. All these transaction of money was actually reflected utmost irregularities and corrupt practice of police personnel.

On 24/12/2009 while our activist along with the father of the victim visited to Basanti police station for an interaction with the Officer in Charge of the PS, at that time he was not present at the police station. But we came to know from the duty officer that police initiated one case of theft against Ayub, the father of the victim and not divulge the case number or other relevant information but threatened him, that any time police can arrest him. It clearly shows that to camouflage their misdeeds they fabricated the case against the poor father of the victim girl.