E/CN.4/1995/34 page 67 under investigation, but that the Karnataka High Court had stayed an investigation by the corps of detectives and that the matter was subjudice. 352. Dilbagh Singh and his brother Kashmir Singh were arrested at their Bombay office by Punjab police on 3 July 1993. A delegation from a Sikh organization visiting them in detention the following day observed that Dilbagh Singh appeared dazed and bore the marks of severe assault. On 6 July Dilbagh Singh was allegedly killed by being thrown from a moving train at Ratlam and Kashmir Singh was released at Kota station. Both men had allegedly been severely tortured in police custody in Bombay. Kashmir Singh filed a complaint with the Bombay police who registered a First Information Report against some Punjab policemen. The results of the investigations were unknown. The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that Dilbagh Singh had accidentally fallen from the railway compartment and that further inquiries were being made. 353. Raju Bhujel died in police custody in Tura, Meghalaya, on 30 July 1993, allegedly as a result of torture. Some people had observed a police driver trampling the corpse. One police officer reportedly claimed that Raju Bhujel had been drunk and had fallen from a tree, while another officer maintained that he had jumped from the first floor of the police station in a drunken state. The Home Minister of the Meghalaya Government granted Rs 10,000 compensation to the family of Raju Bhujel and ordered a magisterial inquiry into the death, and a police driver was suspended. The results of the inquiry were unknown. 354. Wilson, from Royapettah, Tamil Nadu, was arrested by police on 22 June 1993, was allegedly tortured and died in hospital the next day, his body bearing the marks of deep wounds. His family requested the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the Commissioner of Police and the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu to carry out an inquiry, but it was unknown whether any inquiry had in fact been undertaken. According to the reply of the Government, an inquiry revealed that E.2 Royapattah police personnel had beaten Wilson with sticks and iron pipes without reason and had prima facie committed murder. The Collector of Madras was requested to prosecute the policemen concerned and the Director-General of Police was directed to arrest the persons and suspend them. 355. Ram Singh, from Avamau village, Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly beaten unconscious in July 1993 by a sub-inspector and two constables in front of several villagers and died in custody after further beatings at Krishna Nagar police station. His body was found in the Sai river on 27 July 1993. Officials were said to have told his mother that he had escaped on the way to the police station. It was unknown if any investigation had been carried out. The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that preliminary inquiries had revealed that Ram Singh was in fact beaten and tortured in the presence of many villagers. An inquiry by the Deputy Superintendent of Police led to the suspension of two sub-inspectors and the transfer of four constables. A criminal case was registered against these police and the investigation has been entrusted to the Crime Branch of the Criminal Investigation Department of the State of Uttar Pradesh. The case was still under investigation.