E/CN.4/1995/34 page 68 356. Ganesh Bauri was arrested in West Bengal on 5 July 1993 and the next morning was sent to hospital in critical condition with multiple injuries to his body. He was returned to jail on the same day, but his condition was such that he was sent directly to hospital at Asanol jail, where he died shortly after admission. A post-mortem examination, ordered by a magistrate, indicated that he had died due to strain on a hernia. His brother was said to have seen torture marks on his body and to have denied that he had been suffering from a hernia. 357. Bhagwan Das died in Tihar jail, Delhi, on 14 August 1993, having allegedly been tortured to death. Family members were said to have seen his body at Tis Hazari mortuary with the lower part soaked in blood, a rope tied around the neck and scars on the chest. The Inspector General of Prisons maintained that Bhagwan Das had committed suicide. A post-mortem examination was carried out, the results of which were unknown. A sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) investigated the death, but the results of that investigation were also unknown. The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that Das Bhagwan had committed suicide with a bed sheet. 358. Deepak Ram, from Bihar, was arrested on 19 May 1993 and allegedly beaten to death at Sector 20 police station in Delhi. A post-mortem report indicated that a road accident had caused his death. The chief judicial magistrate found a driver guilty of Deepak Ram’s death, but noted that three sub-inspectors might be arrested for murder once the findings of the departmental inquiry were known. In August, a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inquiry was ordered into the death, the results of which were unknown. 359. Ashok, from Jehangirpuri, was detained along with six relatives on 9 February 1993 by local police and was allegedly beaten and deprived of water, food and sleep for two days. A relative who was released on 23 February alleged that Ashok had on that date been in critical condition, unable to sit or take solid food. He was taken to a local hospital by police and on 10 March sent to Rohtak Medical Hospital, where he died on 20 March. 360. Satyavan, from Jharoda Kalan village, Delhi, was arrested on 24 February 1993 in connection with a banned political rally, but was let go after paying police one quarter of the Rs 50,000 sum that they had allegedly demanded for his release. He was re-arrested, along with two friends, on 2 March by the head constable and the SHO of the Najafgarh police station. He allegedly died of torture later that day in Najafgarh police station and his friends were made to carry his body back to the village. After a protest at his death involving hundreds of people, the SHO and head constable were suspended. The investigating SDM reportedly found that Satyavan had died due to "torture by guardians of the law" and recommended the prosecution of at least two officials. In December 1993, the former SHO and two accused policemen were released on bail by the sessions judge of Hazari court and although the SHO was re-arrested two days later, no criminal charges of murder were said to have been brought. The Government has informed the Special Rapporteur that the case was pending trial in the court. 361. Vikal Kumar Adhana, an assistant in the Ministry of Finance from Tigaon, Faridabad, Haryana was arrested on 23 February 1993 by the CBI and taken to