E/CN.4/1993/26 page 80 from their home in Malir, Karachi. During interrogation about his father's activities, he was reportedly hung upside down and beaten. He was released on 12 October 1991 reportedly in bad physical condition. According to the testimony of his mother, his shoulders were dislocated and his body was bruised and swollen all over. Peru Information transmitted to the Government and replies received thereon 355. In a letter of 21 August 1992 the Special Rapporteur advised the Government of the information he had received concerning cases of torture in Peru. The Government replied in a letter of 6 November 1992. The Special Rapporteur had been informed that torture was used by the army and police as a tool in interrogations and as a punishment. Members of Indian communities were subjected to torture in military installations in the areas under a state of emergency. In towns suspected criminals, suspected members of armed opposition groups, trade unionists, students and other activists were subjected to torture. The most commonly used forms of torture were beating, immersion of the head in water to bring the prisoner to the brink of suffocation, suspension by the arms for lengthy periods and threats of killing or mutilation. In the areas where a state of emergency was in effect the military frequently resorted to rape. 356. The following individual cases were reported. 357. Peter Anderson Rodriguez, a student at the Jungle Institute of Technology, was arrested by soldiers at Tarapoto on 30 June 1991. He was taken to the Morales military base, stripped and beaten until he lost consciousness. 358. The Government stated that Anderson Rodríguez Flores had been arrested by the army in June 1991. He was now an inmate of the Tarapoto prison following conviction on a charge of terrorism. No complaint alleging physical maltreatment or torture had been lodged. 359. Rolando García Navarro was arrested by soldiers at El Sauce, Tarapoto, San Martín (Alto Huallaga) on 25 November 1990. They beat him severely, threatened to kill him and began to hang him. 360. The Government stated that Rolando García Navarro lodged a complaint with the San Martín provincial prosecutor's office alleging that the head of the Sauce army detachment had arrested and tortured him on 25 November 1990. The public prosecutor ordered a medical examination but the complainant did not appear. In view of the complainant's failure to respond the prosecutor decided to file the complaint. 361. Roger Quinteros Garcia was detained at Tarapoto by soldiers and subjected to torture such as beating and electric shocks. 362. The Government stated that Roger Quinteros Garcia was detained by army personnel. He subsequently lodged a complaint alleging that he had been tortured at the military camp. He attended the hospital for medical