A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 114 Para 82. Country Date 14/08/07 Type JAL Mandate TOR; VAW Allegations transmitted jail constable beat him regularly, burned him with cigarettes and denied him food for periods of up to four days. Arun Lal Das also recounted a specific incident on 7 January 2007, when the jail superintendent and jail constable attempted to sever his penis as punishment for refusing to pay them extortion money. Earlier, jail officials as well as the district administration had denied that Arun had been tortured. However both judges witnessed burn marks on his body, and knife marks and cuts on his penis. The court ordered the establishment of an investigative team to examine the evidence of torture, and also ordered that Arun Lal Das undergo medical examination. The results of these investigations have confirmed that he was tortured in Purnea Jail. In response, the State Government has "suspended" the officers, however, both men are now reported to be working at Bhagalpur Jail. Neither of them have been brought to trial. Ms. Asha Begum, 19-year-old resident of Lakshmipur, Rajpara, Rajsahi district, Bangladesh. On 7 June 2007, at 6.45 p.m., Ms. Asha Begum was taken into custody together with Ms. Champa Khatun by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officers stationed at I & II Outposts at Kargil village, Murshidabad district of West Bengal State, while they were trying to cross the border from Bangladesh to India. Some hours after being taken into custody, Ms. Asha Begum was raped by a BSF officer. The incident was witnessed by a senior officer of the intelligence branch at the BSF, who was visiting the outpost that day. The officer Government response