E/CN.4/1993/26 page 16 45. In February 1991, Ramlal Kuitel, Dhan Bahadur Budathoki, Hem Bahadur Budathoki and Bhanu Bahadur Neupane were arrested without warrant by the army and taken to the Tashigang jail where they were severely beaten. In particular, they were kicked and whipped while forced to stand upside down. 46. With respect to these cases the Government replied that these persons were arrested by the Bhangtar subdistrict police and granted amnesty on 4 February 1992. No evidence could be unearthed during the investigation to indicate that the four detainees had been tortured or mistreated during their detention. 47. Information was also transmitted to the Government on the cases of three persons who were allegedly beaten to death by the Royal Bhutanese Army in October 1991. Their names are Tikaram Subba, a student of grade VI at Bukuli Primary School, village Royatar, Bukuli, Samdrupjongkhar district; Mon Bahadur Darjee, aged 17, a student of grade V at Bakuli Primary School, village Magori, Dalim district and Bhakta Bajadur Pokharel, from Dhumpa, Dalim, Samdrupjongkhar district. 48. With respect to the case of Tikaram Subba, the Government reported that he was taken to hospital on 1 October 1991 and died on 1 November 1991. The medical report, dated 2 November 1991, indicated that he was suffering from serious health problems. The allegation that he was beaten to death was totally false and baseless. 49. On the case of Mon Bahadur Darjee, the Government replied that he was apprehended on 11 November 1990 by the National Assembly member for Bhangtar, Mr. R.B. Kharel, and the village headman of Bakuli, Mr. Taranidhi Sharma. He was handed over to the Bhangtar subdistrict police by them on the same day. The medical report, dated 7 October 1991, indicated that his health was poor and that he died on 6 October 1991. The allegation that he was beaten to death was totally false and baseless. 50. As for the case of Bhakta Bahadur Pokharel the Government reported that his medical report dated 26 August 1991, indicated that his health was poor and that he died on 25 August 1991. The allegation that he was beaten to death was totally false and baseless. 51. According to the Government, in view of the seriousness of the offences committed by Bhakta Bajadur Pokharel, Mon Bahadur Darjee and Tikaram Subba, all of them arrested for terrorist activities, the question of granting compensation to their relatives does not arise. Bolivia Information transmitted to the Government 52. In a letter of 21 August 1992 the Special Rapporteur informed the Government that the following four cases of torture were reported to have occurred in Bolivia: (a) Alvaro García Linera and Raquel Gutiérrez de García, a Mexican citizen, were held in units of the Ministry of the Interior on 10 April 1992