E/CN.4/2001/66 page 160 813. Bhaagi Ram Pun, who is said to be suffering from mental illness, was reportedly sentenced to life imprisonment on 22 August 1994 by Dangdeukhuri district court. After reportedly having spent periods of time in a number of different prisons, he was reportedly transferred to Central prison on 7 August 1998. On 22 April 2000, Bhaagi Ram Pun was reportedly attacked by three prisoners, from whom he was said to have requested some money which he had allegedly lent them previously. The prison naikes (prisoners responsible for some matters of internal prison administration) reportedly became involved and decided to punish him. They allegedly tied him up and beat him for over an hour all over his body and on the soles of the feet at least 70 times. On 1 May 2000, the argument over repayment of the money reportedly erupted again and Bhaagi Ram Pun is said to have been beaten for a second time by one of the naike who hit him on his buttocks and in the groin. The prison administration reportedly took no action on either occasion. He was reportedly not given any medical treatment for the injuries he sustained and was said not to have been able to take his regular medical treatment for epilepsy for over a week. On 6 May, he was reportedly transferred to Dhulikhel prison. 814. Pratap Singh Lo was allegedly subjected to torture at the Chapagaon police station in Lalitpur district, following his arrest on 14 May 2000. He was allegedly beaten severely by police personnel with a bamboo stick all over his body, including on his calves, feet and back, and as a result is said to have become unconscious. While still unconscious he was said to have been taken in a police van to the district police office in Jawalakhel, Lalitpur district where he was allegedly kept for three days before being transferred to the police station in Hetauda, Makawanpur district. From the time of his arrest, he is also said to have been denied food for five days. After arrival at the Hetauda police station in Makawanpur district, he reportedly fell unconscious again and remained in this condition for three days until 22 May, when he was taken to the Hetauda hospital and on to the Bharatpur hospital for medical treatment. He was reportedly returned to Hetauda police station on 25 May, allegedly despite advice from the hospital doctors that he should remain in the hospital for one month. 815. Laxman Poudel, a Bhutanese camp assistant administrator at Beldangi-II Refugee Camp in Jhapa district, eastern Nepal and employee of Save the Children Fund (UK), was reportedly arrested without warrant on 27 May 2000 in connection with the theft of a generator from the refugee camp store and taken to the Beldangi II Extension police post for questioning. On 28 May, during questioning about the theft, the assistant sub-inspector and two policemen are said to have beaten him severely on the chest, thighs and shoulders. He was reportedly told to bend over with his hands on the floor while one policeman stood at his head asking him questions and the other two policemen on either side of him allegedly beat him with a bamboo stick on his buttocks, shoulders, thighs and back for an hour. The next day, he was reportedly taken to hospital, as he was reportedly unable to walk and suffered severe pain in his chest, knees and buttocks as a result of the alleged torture. 816. Lal Bahadur Tamang, the President of the All Nepal Landless People’s Union, was reportedly arrested in Pokhara Municipality by a group of policemen on suspicion of being a member or supporter of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist). On the way to the police station, he was allegedly beaten inside the jeep. He was reportedly taken to the City Ward police post at Bagar, Ward No. 1, Pokhara, where he is said to have been verbally abused and severely beaten on his hands, back and buttocks with sticks and a gun butt by policemen whose faces were partly covered. He was also allegedly given electric shocks to his fingers, forced to urinate