E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.5 page 18 examination, he had contusions on the right eyelid and on the back of the left thigh, consistent with being beaten with a stick-like instrument, and healing abrasions covering his right shoulder and back, possibly as a result of being dragged along gravel. 6. Badal Bogati, aged 24. On 15 August 2005 he was arrested on the street and taken to Patan Police Office. He was interrogated from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. by Mr. Kule Pathak and Ms. Laxmi, and four other police officers. He was blindfolded, handcuffed, held by the throat, beaten with bamboo sticks on the soles of his feet, kicked in the back with boots, suspended by a bamboo pole fastened behind his knees, as well as beaten with electrical cables and an iron rod and drenched with water. His eyesight was examined at the Patan Hospital but he was unable to pay for the prescribed medication, and he complained to the Special Rapporteur of an inability to concentrate. Nearly one month after his arrest he has not had access to his family, and they had not been notified of his arrest. 7. Bijaya Thapa Magar. On about 20 August 2005, he was arrested in connection with an alleged theft, and died in custody around 3 September 2005 as a result of beatings by police officers at Patan Police Office. The Superintendent alleged that he had died of meningitis, and the autopsy report from Patan Hospital was not available at the time. 8. The Government informed that the Nepal Police Human Rights Cell intervened and carried out an investigation. Based on the report of his arrest and also on the medical report, he was not tortured while in detention in the District Police Office, Lalitpur. The autopsy report obtained from Patan Hospital concluded that the cause of death was brain death and sudden cardio-respiratory arrest due to TB meningitis. 3. Central Prison, Kathmandu (13 September 2005) 9. Dil Bahadur Tamang, aged 19, Banakhu Village Development Committee (VDC), Kavre district. On 24 February 2005, he was arrested by security forces personnel in plain clothes as he was walking along the street in Sundhara, Kathmandu. He was handcuffed and blindfolded and beaten on the street. That evening he was brought to Chhauni army barracks, where he was interrogated by RNA personnel over 15 or 16 days about his alleged involvement with Maoist activities and the whereabouts of other Maoists. When he denied any involvement with or knowledge about them, he was subjected to torture. He was forced to sit on a piece of cardboard with his hands handcuffed behind his back, his feet bound with rope and hooded. He was beaten by two or three persons with large plastic pipes, smaller iron pipes, and sticks. Electric shocks were applied to the pinna of his ears through two bare wires connected to a voltage regulator on the wall. A different level of voltage was used for different parts of the body. He was subjected to beatings and electric shocks for two- to three-hour sessions followed by a short reprieve before the torture resumed. He often lost consciousness because of the torture, and the beatings decreased in frequency over time. He eventually confessed out of fear for his life, and thereafter received treatment for his wounds. He was detained in the barracks for six months before being taken to Hanuman Dhoka District Police Office, and was then transferred to the Central Jail, where he had been for about two months before the Special Rapporteur’s visit. He was warned by his interrogators not to reveal his treatment, and only when he arrived at the Central Jail (Bhadragol) did he tell a doctor what had happened. Although he has received medical treatment, particularly for several severely infected wounds on