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DIRECTOR OF IIWFF AND ORGANIZER OF SHILLONG FILM FESTIVAL, SHYAMOLI BANERJEE DEB : A FRAUD AND SCAMSTER

Dear Madam,
1. This is to inform you that Mrs Shyamoli Banerjee Deb and her husband Mr Bhaskar Deb are frauds of the highest order. They might tout themselves as the biggest thing that happened in the world of women’s film festival but actually they have defrauded a lot of people in Kolkata and Delhi and are in the process of doing the same at a grander level.

2. I am the wife of a dedicated officer of the Indian Army and we have been duped by Shyamoli Banerjee Deb. We had unfortunately given our flat at D-1 , Parijat, 9/2 RBC Road,Dumdum Cantonment Kolkata to Shyamoli Banerjee Deb in 2004 on 11 months contract which was renewed twice on their request ignoring their irregular payment of rent. In Oct 2006 when we required the flat for our own use and requested them very politely to vacate the flat they flatly refused and stopped paying the rent with effect from Nov 2006.

3. Despite repeated emails and registered posts they did not respond till 14 April 07, when my husband went to request them to pay the rent for the last six months, and was physically assaulted, injured and had to lodge a police diary at police station Dumdum Cantonment; being a uniformed personnel he could not retaliate.

4. On 18 Dec 07, he again went to meet them, where he was assaulted by Bhaskar Deb the husband of Shyamoli Banerjee Deb. Pursued by my husband he ran back like a coward into the safety of the housing complex, lost his balance due to his bulk and banged his head against the boundary of the building and got injured . Meanwhile Mrs Shyamoli Banerjee Deb who touts herself as the most polished and cultured lady in town, hurled choicest expletives at my husband ( the filthy language used by her would put the most hardened criminal to shame) and further tried to assault him and was stopped by the residents and bystanders . A police diary was lodged by my husband at Dumdum Police Station.

5. This whole episode was politicized; Mr. Bhaskar Deb apparently with just a few bruises and cuts with the help of an unscrupulous local nursing home got himself admitted to gain sympathy and political mileage. Mrs Mamata Banerjee leader of Trinamool Congress was fed a concoction of lies to gain her confidence, where it was reported in local TV channels like Tara Bangla and GE TV that local CPM workers had attacked Mr. Bhaskar Deb and Mrs Shyamoli Banerjee Deb due to their growing links with Trinamool Congress.

6. Meanwhile a case to evict the illegal occupants of our flat started in Barasat Court in May 2008 which Mrs Shyamoli Banerjee Deb is yet to contest as she is aware that she’ll definitely lose. As on date they have to pay us roughly Rs 1.5 lacs towards rent. They have also not paid the electricity bill for last one year amounting to more than Rs 11000/-.

7. They had hired a ground floor shop at Sabbarwal House at 55 Mirza Ghalib Street in Kolkata and had started two businesses Ratrilekha Communications and Samantoral CFCL –Tours and Travels . On inquiry it was found that they have not paid the rent to the owner ( Mr Ravi Sabbarwal ) for the last 2 years, amounting to Rs 1 lac. They have also duped various other individuals of sums varying between Rs 5000 to lakhs which is being investigated by leading detective agencies at Kolkata , Delhi and some other locations where they have defrauded individuals.

8. They are now duping the various state governments as well as the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Ministry of Women and Child Welfare and other organizations by getting huge sponsorship amounts for organizing film festivals at various locations by creating hype to impress the ministries and thereafter screening non descript films for a small audience!!!! They do not even have a registered office in Delhi and Kolkata,Their mobiles listed at various websites are never answered.

9. Incidentally they have written to you accusing my husband ( Lt Col Sudarshan Bhattacharya) of attacking her husband on 17 Dec 07 which is far from the truth. In fact my husband was attacked by her and her husband Mr. Bhaskar Deb, when he had gone to demand the rent outstanding to us as also to leave our flat as soon as possible as we required the flat for our own use. A police diary was lodged by my husband at the Dumdum Cantonment Police Station.

9. This email is to make you aware of their illegal activities and request you not to patronize such frauds and scamsters. Our society certainly does not require such polished criminals.

Warm regards,
Sraboni Bhattacharya