A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 102 Para Country Date Type Mandate 77. 22/12/05 AL TOR; 78. 06/03/06 JAL RACE; TOR; Allegations transmitted Ms Pappathi, aged 40, an agricultural labourer, Arundhathiyar Colony, Vengamedu Village, Thiruppalayam Post, Perunthrai Taluk, Erode District, Tamil Nadu. On 31 March 2005, Ms Pappathi was verbally and physically assaulted by an upper caste member on a public pathway. He pulled off her sari, tore her blouse and beat her left breast, right shoulder and upper arm twenty to thirty times. He also kicked her in the back as she lay on the floor. He made derogatory caste-based statements and threatened to rape her. On 1 April 2005, Ms Pappathi tried to register a complaint against him at Chennimlaj Police Station. However, the police officer refused to register the complaint. On 2 April 2005, she reported the incident to the Superintendent of Police of Erode District who ordered Chennimlaj Police Station to register the complaint. However, according to the information received, no serious steps had been taken to investigate the case. Sekar Arjunan (Rajasekar), aged 32, a shopkeeper from Raja Thottam, Peravallur, Chennai. On 22 July 2005, eight police officers, all of whom were dressed in civilian clothing, approached him as he was standing near a fruit shop close to the Central Prison in Chennai. The officers beat him and kicked him with their boots in his abdominal region. They then took him by car to Sangeetha lodge near Permbur Railway Station, where they locked him in a room on the second floor. Later that day they took him to Sembiam Police Station and locked him in a dark room until 26 July 2005. While he was there, they Government Response