investigation. As such, during the visit to the Imishli DPD TDP T.N., Kh.I. and A.Kh., who were detained there, stated that they were subjected to torture by the personnel of the Imishli DPD with the aim of making them confess another crime besides the one actually committed by them. The MIA has been informed of the case. In the received response it is stated that as a result of the investigation conducted in this regard, the allegation of the commission of illegal acts by police officers against the accused persons was not proved. A similar complaint was made during the visit conducted to the Narimanov DPO TDP with the participation of an expert from the OSCE-ODIHR. A detainee called S.A. stated that he was beaten to obtain a confession from him. The Commissioner, who was participating in the visit, in accordance with the Constitutional Law, instructed the chief of the Narimanov DPO on the spot to investigate the case. Besides, a staff member of the Office was instructed to investigate the allegation. The mentioned allegation was not proved as a result of the conducted investigations. During the talk with A.H., who was held in the Yasamal DPO TDP, he stated that he was detained by the officers of the Garadagh DPO and taken to the police office, there in the office of one of those officers 3 policemen stroke several blows to different parts of his body by a rubber baton to find out where he took narcotic drugs from. The case was reported to the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the MIA. In the received responses it is stated that the allegation of A.H.’s battery was not proved during the investigation into the case. Thus, according to the opinion of forensic medical experts, no injuries were detected on A.H.’s body. However, as a result of the service inquiry conducted in the MIA it was found out that the senior police investigator of the Group for Combating Drugs of the Garadagh DPO did not ensure A.H.’s lawful detention in the police office, together with 2 other police investigators held A.H. in his own office for a long time and showed rudeness to him, and only after that handed him over to the investigation together with the collected materials. Hence, though the allegations of the use of physical violence against A.H. have not been proved, by the relevant order of the MIA the senior police investigator of the Group for Combating Drugs of the Garadagh DPO and the other 2 police investigators of the same Group have been dismissed from their posts for not 41