E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 63 334. With respect to Noodin Chaudry, who was allegedly beaten severely and deprived of food for six days by soldiers from the Madras 25th regiment on 6 February 1993, the Government identified the alleged victim as Noor-ud-ding Chowdhary and indicated that he had been arrested on the night of 20-21 March 1993 for crossing the border of territory controlled by Pakistan. A case was registered against him in Trehgam police station. No report had been received by the police of excesses committed by the security forces and the allegations of torture were not substantiated. 335. With respect to Raju Bhujel, who allegedly died in police custody in Tura, Meghalaya, from torture on 30 July 1993, preliminary inquiries had revealed that he had consumed liquor and quarrelled with friends on 29 July 1993 and police had taken him to the hospital in an unconscious state. An investigation by the concerned authorities regarding torture was in progress. 336. In the case of Deepak Ram, who was allegedly beaten to death at Sector 20 police station in Delhi on 19 May 1993, an investigation by the Crime Branch concluded that he had died in a road accident, as confirmed in the post-mortem report, which had revealed head injury as the cause of death. The driver of the car was found guilty under a judgement of the chief judicial magistrate, Ghaziabad, on 8 June 1993. 337. With respect to Ashok, who died after he had allegedly been beaten and deprived of water, food and sleep by police in Jahangir Puri, Delhi, following his arrest on 9 February 1993, the police had not apprehended him and therefore the question of torture did not arise. The police had searched for him because of his suspected involvement in a murder, but they were unable to locate him. 338. As to Kishanlal Agrawal, who died after he was allegedly beaten in Piplani police station, Madhya Pradesh, on 15 December 1993, a magisterial inquiry found an inspector, an assistant subinspector and a head constable prima facie guilty of beating him in custody. They had been suspended, a departmental inquiry was instituted against them and 25,000 rupees was ordered by the collector to be paid to his wife. 339. With respect to Ishtiyak, whose death was allegedly caused by torture at Saroorpur police station, Uttar Pradesh, the Government replied that he had been called to the station on 9 April 1994, but was released after interrogation and not held for two days as alleged. He had been undergoing treatment for an ear disease and was admitted to hospital on 12 April 1993, where he died. The cause of death was not ascertained during the autopsy, but an inquiry conducted by the superintendent of police, who had contacted the medical officer concerned, concluded that his death was caused by tetanus. 340. In the case of Raj Kishore, who died after allegedly being tortured by police in Modinagar on 23 July 1993, the Government indicated that he had been suffering heart problems and had died of a chest ailment. He had gone to the police station for questioning about an incident in which money had been stolen from him and had stayed in the police station overnight on his own