A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 31 detainees were brought back to the cell. The Special Rapporteur was received by the Officer in Charge, Inspector of Police, K.A.P. Indnegalle, and Acting Headquarter Inspector Manjulo Fernando. The detainees were afraid of reprisals and requested the Special Rapporteur either to keep the information confidential or to keep the identity anonymous. 15. Detainee. He was arrested in a police raid on weapons offences, and brought to Mount Lavinia Police Station’s Crime Branch, where two officers and eight constables questioned him for three hours. The constables threatened to arrest his family if he was lying. Since his arrest he has not been able to go outside and there is no possibility for exercise. The ICRC visited the station the day before. Before their visit there were 42 prisoners, but shortly before their arrival about 15-16 prisoners were taken away, most of whom were LTTE suspects. On these occasions, prisoners are believed to be taken to Ratmanala Police Post. About five persons sleep in his 3 by 2 metres cell. He reported that there are generally no problems among the prisoners. Some prisoners receive food from their families. They receive books and playing cards from the Red Cross. He complains that the toilet facility is filthy. 16. Detainee. He was brought in on suspicion of a theft of a mobile phone. For the first few days he was kept handcuffed crosswise behind his back and beaten with cricket stumps on his toes, particularly on his toe nails, and the top of his feet. An IP, sergeant and a constable participated in the beatings. 17. Detainee. He was arrested in connection with a search for a weapons cache. He complained that the group of arrested persons did not receive any food for three days. When they were taken to the magistrate the police officers remained in the same room and they did not give them a chance to speak to him. He reported that many of the detainees had been tortured until they could not walk anymore. Many were too scared to speak about the ill-treatment out of fear of reprisals. 18. The Special Rapporteur recommends that allegations of torture be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators be brought to justice. III. RATMALANA POLICE POST, COLOMBO (Visited on 3 October 2007) 19. The Special Rapporteur visited the police post immediately following the visit to Mount Lavinia Police Station, and the sole cell there was found to be empty. IV. PANADURA SOUTH POLICE STATION, COLOMBO (Visited on 3 October 2007) 20. Panadura South Police Station has three detention cells, two of which are used for prisoners, and the third for storing stolen property. At the time of the visit, the Special Rapporteur found in the first cell four persons who were detained the night before and had yet to be questioned or make statements. Two persons were detained in the second cell.