E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 62 Information received from the Government on cases included in previous reports 328. On 23 August 1995, 2 November 1995 and 8 December 1995 the Government sent information to the Special Rapporteur with respect to 13 cases transmitted by the Special Rapporteur last year. 329. With respect to Udayan, who was allegedly tortured to death on 20 January 1994 at Mannarghat police station in Kerala, the Government stated that he had been found hanging by the ventilator of the toilet. An inquest was conducted by the subcollector. The deputy civil surgeon of Medical College hospital conducted a post-mortem and determined that his death was due to hanging. The report of a member of the Board of Revenue appointed by the state government to inquire into the circumstances of the death was still awaited. 330. With respect to Sabita, who was among a number of women allegedly gang-raped by police in Jagasinghpur, Orissa, on 27 October 1993, a commission of inquiry headed by a retired Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court had concluded that the allegations could not be substantiated. 331. In the case of Madan Lal, who was allegedly beaten by police at Patel Nagar police station, Delhi, and subsequently died in hospital, inquest proceedings had revealed suspicion of foul play. An assistant subinspector and three constables were placed under suspension and interim compensation was paid to the dependents of the deceased, as per the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission. In accordance with the decision of the Commission on the report of the additional district and sessions judge, the case was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation. A departmental inquiry against the subinspector was also ordered. 332. As to Vijaya, a 17-year-old woman allegedly raped by five police constables from Pondicherry police station, the subcollector of South Arcot Vallahar district, Tamil Nadu, found the constables prima facie guilty of committing the rape and proceedings had been initiated against them by the government of Tamil Nadu. Departmental action was also initiated against two other policemen for not receiving the complaint from the victim and an ex-gratia payment of 25,000 rupees was paid to Vijaya from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. 333. Kanwar Singh Dhami, a leader of the Sikh separatist organization AKAL, had allegedly been tortured by police along with his pregnant wife Kuldip Kaur and their six-month-old son, Kanwar Ranbir Singh, during 10 months of unacknowledged detention in Punjab. The Government replied that the alleged victim, whose actual name was Bhai Kunwar Singh, was arrested with his wife and son under a provision of the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA). They were produced on 30 March 1994 before a subdivisional magistrate and subsequently taken into judicial custody. Bhai Kunwar Singh and Kulbir Kaur were being kept at Chandigarh jail at their own request and their son was released on bail. Their trial was in progress. The reply did not address the allegations of torture or 10-month unacknowledged detention.