E/CN.4/1990/17 page 27 Medical Officer's opinion that the duration of ante-mortem injury was 12 hours, the possibility that Mr. Mahir had died of injuries caused by police on 22 August 1987 must be ruled out. (The deceased was arrested by Welcome Police on 22 August 1987 and was released on bail the same evening.) Furthermore, it was reported that the deceased had some promiscuous relationship with a girl in his neighbourhood, resulting in frequent quarrels. The case was still under Investigation and a report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory regarding the deceased person's viscera was awaited. As regards the case of Mohinder and Ram Kumar, both were arrested on 24 August 1987. Mohinder Kumar died on 25 August 1987 in hospital. A magisterial inquiry was conducted by Sub-Division Magistrate Shahdara, in which it was concluded that Mohinder Kumar died due to blunt injuries inflicted on him by an agitated mob before he was arrested by police. The case was Btill under investigation. No arrests had been made and no police official had been found responsible for the death. 88. On 16 November 1989 the Special Rapporteur addressed a letter to the Government of India transmitting information concerning several reports of alleged torture in the state of Bihar. Police agents, or people acting with police assistance, were said to be responsible for such acts, and most of the victims were women belonging to underprivileged groups, such as scheduled castes or "harijans", and a tribal community known as "adivasis". The following detailed cases of alleged torture were reported: (a) Malati Manjhiyan, aged 18, from Pandarpala settlement near Bhuli, Dhanbad District, was allegedly stripped naked and beaten by seven policemen until she lost consciousness, on 5 July 1989; (b) Om Prakash Keshri, a Congress Party worker from Vishrampur and member of the Indian National Students' Union of Congress, was arrested by the Viehrampur police on 24 June 1989. Later on the same day he was allegedly taken into the police station compound, hung from a tree and repeatedly beaten on the soles of his feet and on his legs. Subsequently, he was taken down from the tree and petrol was poured all over his body. Be was again beaten till he became unconscious. The next day he was taken to a police official's home, where he was beaten until he fell down. The police official allegedly stood on his stomach with his boots on and turned around in circles. Mr. Keshri reportedly vomited blood and again lost consciousness. Following his release on bail on 27 June 1989 Mr. Keshri was admitted to Daltonganj hospital. It was also reported that two police officials, whose names were transmitted to the Government, in Shalimar Bagh, Delhi, were involved in an incident on 26 June 1989 in which several children and youths aged 6 to 18, suspected of theft, were taken to the police station and were allegedly beaten and tortured. It was alleged that some of the children were subjected to electric shocks. The children concerned were identified as: Munni, aged 13, daughter of Ratan Lai; Lala, aged 13, son of Ghaisu Ram, from a village in Rajasthan; Sharavan Kumar, aged 12, son of Pancham Singh; Shiv Kumar, aged 18, son of Prem Kumar; Jeetu, aged 16, son of Mangal; Babli, aged 10, son of Mangal; Asa, aged 10, daughter of Prem Singh; Ghan Shyam, aged 11, son of Juggal Kishore; Babulal, aged 11, son of Shyam Lai; Manoj, aged 6, son of Prem Singh; Macchla, aged 10, daughter of Aji Ram Matkarala.