CAT/C/32/D/225/2003 Page 6 6.2 In respect of the State party’s contention that the claim under article 3 should be declared inadmissible, since the complainant fails to establish a primae facie case, the Committee notes the complainant’s information about his political activities, that he transmitted messages between his politically active brother and inhabitants people of a neighbor village in Punjab, and that he was detained and tortured by police as a consequence of his family members’ political involvement and his own activities. It also takes notes of the medical reports, which are inconclusive about the reasons underlying the complainant’s physical and psychological symptoms, and cannot be considered as strong evidence in support of his claim. The complainant has not supported his claim that he was politically active by any documentary or other pertinent evidence, nor has he submitted evidence to explain why the political group he claims to have transmitted messages for were itself targeted by the police. Even if considering that the complainant has been subjected to torture in the past, the Committee finds no reason to consider that he currently is at a personal risk of being subjected to such treatment by the police if returned to India. In the circumstances, the Committee observes that the complaint, as formulated, does not give rise to any arguable claim under the Convention. 6.3 Accordingly, the Committee finds, in accordance with article 22 of the Convention and rule 107(b) of its revised Rules of Procedure, that the complaint is manifestly unfounded and thus inadmissible. 7. Accordingly, the Committee decides: a) that the complaint is inadmissible; and b) that this decision will be transmitted to the author and, for information, to the State party. [Adopted in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the English text being the original version. Subsequently to be issued also in Arabic and Chinese as part of the Committee’s annual report to the General Assembly.]

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