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(f)
Gambhir Gogoi, tea estate employee from Nagajan, Duliajan,
Dibrugarh district, was arrested by the army at the end of November 1990.
few days later his body, bearing marks of torture, was handed over to the
police;
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(g)
Doka Babonga was arrested on 21 November 1991 by Gua police, East
Singhboom district. He died on 4 December at the prison ward of MGM College
Hospital. Medical reports indicated as the main cause of death continuous
bleeding from the abdomen due to internal injury, caused probably by torture;
(h)
Darshan Singh (or Darshan Lal), from New Seelampur Colony,
East Delhi, was arrested on 10 March 1992 in connection with a robbery. He
was reportedly tortured at the anti-auto theft unit of the north-east district
of Delhi police. He died on 17 March at LNJP (Irwin) hospital, allegedly as a
result of injuries sustained under police torture. Medical reports indicated
the main cause of death to be a head injury;
(i)
Savinder Singh, businessman, resident of South Delhi, was arrested
on 28 February 1992 and taken to the Directorate of Enforcement of the
Ministry of Finance at Loknayak Bhavan, near Khan Market. The day after, his
body was found in the Lok Nayak Bhavan complex. The family claims that he was
tortured and forced to jump out of a window;
(j)
Jairam Singh was arrested by police from the Patel Nagar police
station on 18 August 1991 and died within hours. The post-mortem report
listed 17 external injuries caused by a blunt object;
(k)
Kuttappam of Neyyattinkara, Trivandrum, was arrested on 3 July 1991
by Parassala police, Trivandrum, and died the day after. The post-mortem
report revealed rupture the of spleen, allegedly caused by torture;
(l)
Ram Singh, sarpanch of Arra Koder village, died in early April 1992
allegedly as a result of injuries sustained under police torture at the
Bohandiguda police station.
(m)
Muthusamy from Oddanchathram, Dindigul district, was arrested at
the beginning of 1992 by Oddanchathram police in connection with a theft.
Subsequently, his mother, sister and father were also arrested. According to
the reports they were all beaten and, as a result, Muthusamy died;
(n)
Dushyant Tiyagi was arrested by eight police officers from Siani
Gate police station on or about 13 April 1992 and died two days later in the
Government Hospital. It was alleged that he had been burnt to death while in
police custody;
(o)
Kuber Lal was arrested on 25 July 1991 by Sandila police. He died
in Hardoi jail allegedly due to police torture and medical negligence by
prison authorities.
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