E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 97 a result of which he reportedly died. The public prosecutor is said to have indicted four police officers and the police chief. Three of them are said still to be working at the Xinguara police station. 137. Raimundo Milhomen Melo, a barber, was allegedly arrested by civil police officers on 13 November 1999 on suspicion of robbery. He was reportedly taken to the civil police regional pre-trial detention centre in Marabá and later transferred to the police station in Curianópolis. According to the information received, he was severely beaten by the police chief and another police officer in a room at the station for two hours. When he was reportedly taken back to his cell, a witness allegedly saw bruises on his body. It is reported that his wrists bled and that he was shaking. A judicial inquiry was allegedly opened on 27 April 2000. According to the information received, the ouvidor of the police and the corregedor of the military and civil police were informed about the incident. 138. Gedeon Costa Borges, a driver, was reportedly arrested on 11 November 1999 and taken to the police station in Curionópolis where was allegedly severely beaten by three police officers, including the police chief. The officers are said to have placed a plastic bag over his head and to have tried to suffocate him. He was reportedly submitted to electro-shocks to his genitals and his toes. The police officers allegedly placed a heavy book on his head and hit his head with a wooden stick. The police chief reportedly placed a gun inside his mouth and told him to bite on it. It is believed that he broke his dentures. He is said to have been threatened with a gun and to have fainted from the beatings. A judicial inquiry has reportedly been opened. 139. Renato Ferreira Sampaio was allegedly arrested by military police officers on 15 November 1999 in Marabá on suspicion of attempted theft. He was reportedly taken to a military police box where he was allegedly kept in a room. He was said to have been punched and kicked for half an hour on the orders of a lieutenant. He is reported to have later been taken to the 4th military police battalion, where he was allegedly hit with clubs. He was reportedly taken back to the pre-trial detention centre of Marabá, where he was allegedly threatened with more beatings unless he signed a confession. He was reportedly released on the following day. A police inquiry is said to have been opened. 140. Raimunda Francisca Santos Aguiar’s house in Belém was allegedly invaded by military police officers on 26 February 2000, who were reportedly searching for her son. When she did not tell them his whereabouts, they allegedly slapped her head, pushed her and threatened her with death, and destroyed her furniture. The commander allegedly pointed a gun at her 5-year-old son and threatened to shoot him. The police officers reportedly took Adilson Santos Aguiar, her 20-year-old son, away in their vehicle to an isolated area. He was allegedly held under water by the officers and continuously beaten in order to make him reveal his brother’s address. He was reportedly taken to the police station of Jurunas and to the “Seccional da Cremação” and released the following day. The ouvidoria and the corregedor of the military police are said to have been informed about the incident. An investigation reportedly concluded that there was not enough evidence of the officers’ alleged transgression. 141. Reginaldo Rayol da Silva was allegedly arrested by a civil police officer on 25 January 2000 in Belém. He was reportedly forced to enter a taxi, slapped on the face and threatened with a gun to reveal who had committed a robbery some days before. Two private