E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 148 mattresses, to have told the detainees to lie down and to have given them electro-shocks. Nilson Saldanha was allegedly handcuffed, tied to the cell bars with his feet in a bucket and given electric shocks. He was reportedly also beaten with an iron bar and lost consciousness. It is believed that his skin was extensively injured, that he had three broken ribs and burns between his toes, but he was not taken to hospital until 18 July 1998. When his wife tried to visit him on 15 July (as she did every Tuesday), the delegada and the head of the lock-up reportedly told her that there had been a revolt and that visits were therefore suspended. The following day, she was reportedly informed by a man who had been released the same day that Nilson Saldhana was in a very bad state. She was said to have heard from a local journalist that he was dead in hospital. According to the information received, his lawyer saw him on 15 July and at that time he was only reportedly suffering from a pain in his back. It is believed that he was taken to the hospital twice on the following Sunday. He was reportedly beaten in the car, given two injections in the arm and one in the head. His legs were said to have been paralysed and he had convulsions. As detainees in the cell called for help, he was allegedly taken out of the cell and put in a “cajo” (another cell where prisoners caught in flagrante were held) together with another man. He reportedly died at 2 a.m. the following morning. The delegada was alleged to have instructed the doctor to write in the occurrence book that he died of a heart attack. The body was allegedly later sent to the IML for an autopsy which revealed that he had died of multiple trauma caused by a blunt instrument. The detainee who took Nilson Saldhana to the hospital was reportedly threatened by the police with isolation if he said anything about what had happened. The police chief allegedly made all the prisoners sign statements that they had not suffered any mistreatment. The case was reportedly sent to the general corregedor by the prosecutor (although the delegado was allegedly supposed to take action if so requested by the prosecutor), a procedure was opened. All the prisoners, except one, testified that they had been tortured. At the time of the interview (23 August), the results of the examination by the forensic doctor were said not to have been part of the evidence. The delegada and the aggressor were allegedly not summoned and it is believed that they are still in service. According to the information received, the case is still in the investigatory phase and that no time limit had been set for the conclusions of the inquiry. The delegado in charge of the inquiry and his successor were reportedly transferred. 325. Antonio Elis Vanho Severino Silva was reportedly arrested on 13 June 2000. At the time of his arrest, he was allegedly beaten and had pepper spray sprayed in his eyes. He was allegedly charged with armed robbery and taken to the DEPATRI jail in São Paulo where his lawyer reportedly requested a medical examination. According to the information received, he was taken to the IML by police officers who remained in the room during the examination. As a result, the doctor is said not to have reported any injury. He was allegedly taken to court by military police and threatened with a gun not to speak about the treatment he had received. 326. Dimas Camargo Junior was reportedly transferred on 15 August 2000 from Arare prison to the DEPATRI jail where he was to be detained until 31 August 2000 for identification purposes. On 24 August 2000, he was allegedly beaten by the delegado of the delegacia for vehicle theft. He was reportedly taken to a small room upstairs, where there were said to be bloodstains on the wall. He was reportedly beaten on his stomach and head with the dehydrated penis of an animal for 10-15 minutes. He was also allegedly given electric shocks.