E/CN.4/1994/31 page 56 265. On 3 December 1993 the Government replied that this person had been arrested in connection with the publication of an article in Nakkeeran containing scurrilous, seditious, obscene and defamatory remarks. He was immediately produced before the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody. A bail application was also moved which was posted for hearing on 16 April 1992, and to which the Magistrate recorded "No complaints of torture or ill-treatment". No such complaint or plea for medical treatment was made by his counsel even during hearing on the bail application on 16 April 1992, which was dismissed. On 20 April 1992 bail was granted by the Principal Sessions Court, Madras. On being released, R. Ganesan was garlanded by the editor and staff of Nakkeeran near the central prison, Madras. A photograph of this event appeared in the Nakkeeran issue of 30 April 1992, which made no mention of any torture or ill-treatment. The weekly had, however, mentioned that Ganesan was suffering from heart ailment and hypertension. He was admitted to Devaki hospital, on 26 April 1992. Even the medical report did not reveal any signs or evidence of his having been tortured. 266. Nandagopal, a university employee belonging to the Scheduled Caste community, was arrested on 29 May 1992, reportedly in connection with a theft, and detained for interrogation. He died in custody in Annamalainagar police station, Chidambaram, South Arcot district, Tamil Nadu, on 3 June 1992, allegedly as a result of four days of torture. A post-mortem examination reportedly revealed 21 marks of injury to the body. Padmini, his second wife, was also arrested on 29 May and taken to the same police station. She was reportedly raped in her husband’s presence by four police constables. 267. Vidyadharan, president of a Congress Party "reformist" group in Karthikapally Panchayat, Haripad Taluk, Alappuzha district, Kerala, was arrested by the police on 18 February 1993 in Haripad. He was reportedly tortured in police custody and then rushed to Haripad government hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. 268. On 3 December 1993 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that during Vidyadharan’s detention at Haripad it was noticed that he had tried to hang himself. The following day it was noticed that he was lying motionless and was immediately removed to Haripad hospital where he was declared dead. A criminal case had been registered and the investigation was being carried out by the Inspector General of Police. 269. Satyavan, from Jharoda Kalan village, died, allegedly of torture, in Najafgarh police station in Delhi on 2 March 1993. His friends Balraj, alias Billoo, and Ishwar Singh, who were arrested with him, reported that they had all been beaten in the police station until Satyavan collapsed. 270. Rajinder Prasad, a worker at the India Safe Factory in Mayapuri industrial area, died on 11 April 1993, allegedly after being tortured by police and strongmen of the factory management. According to the reports, two policemen were suspended from duty and an inquest was held by a sub-divisional magistrate. However, no full inquiry by an independent authority was known to have been held and no further action was known to have been taken against the officials allegedly responsible for his death.