Mousumi, a teenaged girl hailed from a poor family in Narayanpur village, Kakdwip, 24-parganas.
Married at her tender age of fourteen and half. At the age of seventeen, she fell prey to the wrath of her in-laws, for dowries. She was murdered, eventually.
According to the definition of the United Nations – it is a case of child-murder.
The administration not only remained mute, an unholy nexus of the police, hospital-morgue, legal administration resorted to veil the culprits… to wipe out any trace of teh murder.
It’s not a sporadic incident but a part of the general scenario in the state of West Bengal.
The judicial system in India-poses to be one of the superior kind could not prove itself to be a foolproof system. Real culprits use its inherent lacunas. Heinous crimes like torture or child-murder almost go unnoticed or without awarded any punishment.
In protest against the all-pervasive torture in our society, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) and Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) have jointly taken up the uphill task of exposing the unholy nexus of the persons in power…pointing out the loopholes in the Criminal Justice system in India.
The book is a modest endeavour towards this destination.
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Kirity Roy, Secretary, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), 26 Guitendal Lane, Howrah, Telephone: +91-33-2640-4118, Email: kirityroy@gmail.com in association with: Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) in November 2004.
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