ensuring his detention as required by law and treating him with rudeness, and disciplinary actions have been taken in respect of the other senior police investigator and police investigator, as well as chief of the Garadagh DPO. In addition to the above mentioned, it can be noted that during the visit to the Khatai DPO TDP detainee M.A. stated that he had been subjected to violence at the time of his arrest by the officer of Police Station No.9 of the Sabail DPO. The MIA has been requested to investigate the case. The NPM Group, within the framework of the visits conducted to the establishments under the MIA, has also examined the issues related to the provision of food to detainees. During the visit to the Khachmaz DPD TDP in the course of the interview conducted with the detainees, N.A., A.A, and P.S., who were under detention as accused persons, saying that they were not dissatisfied with the detention conditions, added that over the detention period they were provided with food just once a day. The chief and deputy chief of the Khachmaz DPD TDP, who were accompanying the members of the NPM Group, confirmed that fact and stated that detainees were provided with food once a day in accordance with the effective guidelines and specific order. When the members of the Group wanted to see those documents, nothing of the kind was presented. In the response to the appeal sent by the Commissioner to the MIA in connection with that issue it is stated that detainees held in the TDPs of the police bodies of the Republic are provided with food 3 times a day at the expense of the funds allocated on the basis of the MIA estimate in accordance with Decision No.154 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Approval of Nutrition and Material-Living Norms for Detainees” of 25 September 2001. In the response letter, along with indicating that the management of the Khachmaz DPD has been required to enhance the control over daily provision of food to detainees, it is stated that N.A., A.A, and P.S. were satisfied with their nourishment during the period of their detention in the Khachmaz DPD TDP and they were provided with food 3 times a day. When the members of the NPM Group were in InIs No.3 of the PS, they met with N.A. and P.S., who were detained there, to re-check that issue. During the talk those persons stated that, unlike previous days, they were provided with food 3 times a day after they had been interviewed by the members of the NPM Group in the Khachmaz DPD TDP 42