E/CN.4/2000/9 page 104 521. In response to the case concerning Rajesh Pillai, the Government denied all allegations as false and baseless. The Government stated that he was called to the police station in Bhilai Town for interrogation on two occasions. During his second interrogation, on 7 August 1997, he made a confession and was formally arrested. The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that during his arrest he complained of having sprained his legs as a result of a fall from a staircase and was examined by doctors the next day who found that his injury was minor. The Government further informed the Special Rapporteur that he was produced at court on 8 August 1997 and was remanded for three days. The Government stated that he had had sufficient opportunity to bring allegations of torture or denial of access to legal services before appropriate courts of law and had not done so. The Government denied that he had been denied access to a lawyer and informed the Special Rapporteur that he had been allowed to meet his advocate whenever he requested to do so. 522. In relation to Debu Pramanik, the Government responded that an inquiry was undertaken into the case by the Human Rights Commission of the State of West Bengal. The Commission issued a number of recommendations which were accepted by the state government, including instructions to the Director General and Inspector General of Police of West Bengal to police prosecute the commanding officer of the Chinsurah police station, an examination of the involvement of police personnel of the Chinsurah police station by the Central Investigation Department, West Bengal and the issuance of departmental proceedings against the sub-inspector, assistant sub-inspector and two constables. Furthermore, the Commission communicated its displeasure and disapproval of the conduct of the Superintendent of Police, the sub-Inspector and four duty officers to the individuals involved and ordered an interim compensation payment of Rs. 20,000 to the wife of the deceased on 7 April 1997. 523. By letter dated 26 February 1999, the Government replied to an urgent appeal sent on 24 July 1998 (see E/CN.4/1999/61, para. 312). The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that Jaspal Singh Dhillon was arrested on 23 July 1998 on suspicion that he had received money from abroad for implementing an alleged conspiracy to destroy the Burail jail in Chandigarh. The Government stated that police authorities had recovered from his possession electronic equipment used for monitoring police wireless communications as part of preparations to destroy the jail. The Government stated that he had been brought before a magistrate a number of times and had raised no complaint regarding any torture inflicted on him by police. He was remanded to police custody until 30 July 1998 and thereafter was sent into judicial custody until 19 September 1999. 524. By letter dated 14 October 1999, the Government replied to a case transmitted by the Special Rapporteur in his letter dated 11 November 1998 (see E/CN.4/199/61, para. 291). The Government confirmed that Sucha Singh was arrested on 1 September 1999 and interrogated for three hours by the Officer-incharge of the Central Intelligence Agency, Jalandhar, but denied the allegations of torture. The Government indicated that this was confirmed by Such Singh's affidavit dated 2 September 1997. Furthermore, the Government stated that those allegations had been investigated by a senior police officer. 525. By the same letter, the Government replied to an urgent 22 September 1999 on behalf of three social workers of the Bal (see E/CN.4/1999/61, para. 313). The Government indicated that been filed against Abdul Sattar, Sita Ram and Satya Narain for appeal sent on Rashmi Society a complaint had rape. During the