E/CN.4/1994/31 page 60 290. With respect to this case the Government stated that members of the Delhi police had gone to Ludhiana to investigate the kidnapping of a Delhi businessman. Mohinder Singh Grewal had been called to the Office of the Inspector (CIA), Ludhiana, for questioning, since the Delhi police had information that the kidnappers had used his telephone. It was categorically denied that Mohinder Singh Grewal had been ill-treated, either by the Superintendent of Police (Detective), Ludhiana, or by anyone else. It was also denied that his diary had been either seized or confiscated or that he had been forced to reveal his personal telephone numbers. 291. The family of Rupesh Singh, an 18-year-old student who allegedly died as a result of torture inflicted in May 1992 at the Durgapur police station, West Bengal, reportedly fled to Gurgaon in Haryana after the police threatened them with dire consequences for filing a complaint. However, Rupesh Singh’s mother and sister, Seema Raghavan and Kanta Devi, returned in November 1992. In January 1993 a civil rights organization filed a case at the Calcutta High Court and Seema Raghavan and Kanta Devi took part in this. Subsequently the police allegedly came to their house and abused and threatened them again. (8 April 1993) 292. Gurjit Singh was reportedly arrested by five plainclothed policemen on 8 May 1993 at Mohi village in Ludhiana, Punjab. On 11 May police authorities unofficially admitted that Gurjit Singh was in their custody. Access to family and lawyers was denied. (17 May 1993) 293. Nazir Ahmed Misri, a school teacher, was allegedly taken into custody on 7 June 1993 during a military operation by the Border Security Forces in the area of Zero Bridge, Srinagar. Fears were expressed that he might be subjected to torture or ill-treatment while in detention. (25 June 1993) Information received from the Government with regard to cases included in previous reports 294. The Government forwarded information on a number of cases of alleged death under torture transmitted by the Special Rapporteur in August 1992. A summary is given in the following paragraphs. 295. Jairam Singh, died at Patel Nagar police station on 18 August 1991. On 10 December 1992 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that four policemen had been arrested and placed under suspension for having exceeded their authority and inflicted physical torture. The case was pending trial in the Court of Additional and District Sessions Judge, Delhi. A departmental inquiry had been ordered with regard to an inspector present at the police station premises when the interrogation of Jai Ram Singh took place, and he had been transferred to a non-sensitive place. 296. Uppuleti Chandraiah, from Peechupalli, Karimnagar district, died in March 1991 at the Husnabad police station. On 11 December 1992 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that an inquiry had been conducted by the District and Sessions Judge who concluded that Uppuleti Chandraiah had been unlawfully detained in the police station and was beaten with a Lathi (stick), resulting in multiple injuries which caused his death. He had not committed suicide by hanging himself with a piece of cloth in the police lock-up room.