E/CN.4/1993/26 page 92 been tortured. (E/CN.4/1992, para. 207) The reply stated that the cases which were reported to the Committee against Torture in late 1990 had never been the subject of complaint to the Spanish judicial authorities. 408. The Government stated that the Lejarza brothers were arrested on 18 November 1990 and underwent a medical examination the following day. The examination did not reveal external signs of lesions. A second examination on 21 November 1990 also revealed no signs of maltreatment. The same day they made statements to the magistrate in the presence of a lawyer that they had not been subjected to maltreatment. 409. Jesús María Salterain was detained on 19 November 1990. He was taken to the forensic medical practitioner of the No. 5 Central Examining Court of Madrid and told him that he had been beaten, given electric shocks and near suffocation by means of a plastic bag placed over his head. He made the same statements to the examining magistrate, the prosecutor and his lawyer on 21 November 1990. Neither the magistrate nor the prosecutor thought it necessary to investigate the incidents asserted by Mr. Salterain. Nor did the defence lawyers ask for the initiation of such action. Sri Lanka Information received from the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 410. On 31 March 1992 the Government replied with respect to the case of Florence Ariamalar Gnanakone on behalf of whom the Special Rapporteur had made an urgent appeal on 22 May 1991 (E/CN.4/1992/17, para. 208). According to the sources, she was arrested on 9 May 1991 in Colombo by the Criminal Investigation Department; from 9 to 15 May 1991 she was detained at Police Headquarters, where she was severely mistreated. She was transferred to Colombo General hospital on 15 May but 48 hours later she was taken to Welikada Remand jail where she suffered physical abuse. 411. According to the Government's reply, Mrs. Ariyamalar was arrested for possession of heroin and taken to the Police Narcotic Bureau. The next day, members of her family were granted permission to speak to her and to provide her with food and medicine. On the same day she was produced before a magistrate who ordered her immediate transfer to the Welikada Remand Prison. During her detention at the Police Narcotic Bureau, she was not harassed or ill-treated by any of the officers. Sudan Information transmitted to the Government and replies received thereon 412. By letter dated 21 August 1992 the Special Rapporteur transmitted to the Government information he had received on the following cases of torture which allegedly occurred in Sudan: (a) Ahmed el Hussein, Deputy Secretary-General of the Union Democratic Party, former Minister of the Interior and former Deputy Prime Minister, was reportedly arrested in May 1992, beaten and tortured by the security forces;