E/CN.4/1995/34 page 70 Branch and a team of officers under the supervision of the Deputy Inspector General of police was conducting an investigation. The sub-inspector of Thrikkunnapuzha police station, where Vidyadharan had initially been taken, and the Circle Inspector of Haripad police station have been placed under suspension for negligence and dereliction of duty which led to the prisoner inflicting fatal injury on himself. 366. Kishanlal Agrawal, from Bhopal, was picked up by police on 15 December 1993 and later died, allegedly after being beaten in Piplani police station. Members of the opposition of the State Assembly were said to have walked out in protest against his death. Three police officials were suspended and the Director-General of police indicated that cases would be filed against the three when the results of a medico-legal report were known. A magisterial inquiry and an inquiry by the Criminal Investigative Agency were ordered, the results of which were unknown. 367. Chandrasekhar was taken to Odianchalai police station in Pondicherry on 29 December 1993, where he subsequently died, allegedly as the result of torture. The police reported that he was drunk when they picked him up on the roadside. The NHRC was said to have ordered a judicial inquiry into the death. The Government replied that an inquiry conducted by the SDM and a second post-mortem report had revealed that the deceased had been assaulted. Five police officials have been suspended and a charge sheet would be filed in court after a perusal of the file by the Public Prosecutor. 368. Venkatesan, a forest watcher at Sandavasal, Tiruvanamalai-Sambuvarayar, was arrested on 25 February 1993 by the Assistant Conservator of Forests and detained in the Sandavasal forest range office. He died on the way to Vellore General Hospital, allegedly as the result of torture. A First Information Report registered at Sandavasal police station by a Sandavasal range officer states that he may have died from poisoning, but a post-mortem examination ruled out poisoning and stated that he had died after a "heavy thrashing". Three forest range staff were said to have been suspended. The Government replied that the suspended forest officers had filed an application before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal against the suspension orders and that body had ordered reinstatement of the officers in service elsewhere until the investigation was over. The High Court granted anticipatory bail to the officers. Investigations by the CB and CID were progressing. 369. Ishtiyak, a resident of Saroorpur village, Tamil Nadu, was arrested by police from Saroorpur police station on the night of 9 April 1993 and following two days’ detention was taken to Meerut district hospital, where he died two days later. Local villagers were reported to have alleged that he had died as the result of police torture. 370. Raj Kishore was arrested by police from Modinagar on 23 July 1993 and was allegedly tortured during 10 hours of detention. He was taken to a private clinic later that day after complaining of severe chest pain and declared dead on arrival by doctors. The SHO and a sub-inspector of the Modinagar station were reportedly suspended. The results of a post-mortem examination were unknown.