E/CN.4/1995/34 page 101 dragged along, while another truck followed which pushed the men whenever they could not keep up with the speed of the truck. This humiliation lasted about two hours, during which time children were forced to come forward and hit the men. Thereafter, Gulam Mustafa Soomro was taken back to the camp and received no medical attention. He was released in front of his home on 23 December in a semi-conscious state. It was alleged that the military were acting at the behest of a party to a land dispute against a neighbour to whom Ghalam Soomro had given support. 520. Inderjit Lohana and his two brothers were arrested by uniformed army personnel and the Station House Officer (SHO) of Bhitai Nagar police station on 16 September 1992 in Citizens Colony, Hyderabad. Over the next several weeks at an army camp at Brigade 55 headquarters he was allegedly subjected to electric shocks applied to his knees and temples, deprived of sleep for a period of six or seven days, beaten with a leather whip or belt and made to lie down and stand up in a repeated and continuous manner. After he told the High Court judge at his hearing that he had been tortured while in army custody, the judge ordered that he be released within three days. Instead, he was allegedly transferred on 6 November to army custody and was not released until 22 March 1993 following a general amnesty. 521. Bebal Khatoon Shirazi, aged 65, reportedly had her house in Chhato Chand village raided on 18 December 1992 by a group of officers from Thatta police station, Sindh province, and an army team. The authorities had been looking for a relative who was not present, and since no male member of the household was present, the women and children resisted the raid of the home. The police allegedly beat the women and children. Bebal Khatoon Shirazi was hit on the head and the body with rifle butts and died some hours later as the result of her injuries. An inquiry commission was reportedly set up on 23 December to determine the cause of death, but the result of the inquiry was unknown. 522. Nazir Masih was arrested on 21 May 1993 by two police constables from Batala Colony police station, Faisalabad, Punjab province, to whom he had reportedly refused to supply liquor the previous night. His family members were said to have observed over the wall of the police station that Nazir Masih was being beaten severely and was shrieking with pain. He died that day and a post-mortem report issued by the medical superintendent noted that a blunt weapon had caused ten injuries on the body, mostly on the head and shoulders. The magistrate of Faisalabad was said to be conducting a preliminary inquiry into the cause of death, but the result of the inquiry was unknown. 523. Niaz Hussain Pathan was arrested near Kotdiji, Khairpur district, by a number of armed police while travelling on 11 September 1992 on a bus in Sindh province. The police allegedly demanded payment for his release from a relative the following morning. Niaz Pathan was observed with his wrists and ankles shackled with iron chains and he called from his cell that he had been severely beaten and stripped of his possessions. On 14 September, when relatives and friends again approached the station to seek his release, they were reportedly told by the SHO that Niaz had never been in police custody. On 20 September the police reportedly told his mother that he had died in an encounter with police officials that morning involving bandits. It was alleged that Niaz in actuality had been tortured to death and three police