E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 51 251. The Government replied that the allegations were totally baseless and unfounded. He had never been arrested by the security forces and no person had lodged any complaint on the matter to the police. 252. Ghulam Mohammad Dar, reportedly detained on 26 April 1994 during a raid by security forces in Letapora, Pulwama district, was allegedly subjected to electric shocks, burning, beatings and the "roller" at an army camp in Khannabal. After three days of this treatment he was left on the side of a road. At hospital he was diagnosed with acute renal failure and doctors concluded that it would take at least a year for him to recover, if he responded to treatment at all. 253. Ghulam Nabbi Sheikh was reportedly arrested on 10 May 1994 during a raid by security forces on his village, Kangri Pora, near Beerwah in Budgam district. He was allegedly tortured for several hours during interrogation, including through the insertion of an iron rod into his anus, which caused severe damage to his lower intestine. He was sent to hospital in critical condition and his chances of survival were said to be low. 254. Hanifa, aged 16, was allegedly gang-raped by soldiers of the 26th Punjab regiment in November 1994 during a search operation by the army at Lathi Shot near Sopore. Naseema, from the same village, was allegedly gang-raped by members of the security forces in July 1994. 255. The Government replied that the State Criminal Investigation Department had found the allegations regarding Hanifa unsubstantiated. 256. Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat, reportedly arrested on 19 March 1994 by the 5th Garwal Rifles during operations at Akhraj-pora, Srinagar, was allegedly tortured at an unofficial interrogation centre at Gogaland. His family visited him at this location two months after his arrest and reportedly observed burns to the left side of his body and ankles and wounds on his head. He was transferred to a number of locations, including to Badamigagh, Srinagar, Hari Niwas Interrogation Centre, Kotbalwal Jail in Jammu, back to Hari Niwas and finally to Rangreth Interrogation Centre, where he died on 22 August 1994. Other detainees reportedly had urged that the authorities allow a doctor to see him after he had fallen ill with pains in his chest. A magisterial inquiry and a police inquiry were ordered with respect to this case. 257. Fayaz Ahmad Magloo, reportedly arrested on 8 April 1994 in Stadium Colony, Baramulla, by the BSF, was allegedly tortured throughout the night and his body was handed over to local police the next day. A post-mortem was reported to reveal that he had been burned with heated objects and given electric shock treatment. Local police registered a case against BSF personnel, but the outcome of any investigation was unknown. 258. According to the Government, Fayaz Ahmad Magloo had been apprehended during a cordon and search operation, but had not been tortured as alleged. Rather, he had died in a cross-fire with militants while he was being taken to Kansipora. To allay any misgivings, proceedings were initiated by the CID and the district magistrate of Baramulla.