E/CN.4/1995/34 page 69 Lodhi Colony police station. The police were said to have made no entry of the arrest in their daily diary. He was reportedly found dead in the lock-up the following morning, allegedly having been tortured to death. A police report determined that he had hung himself using thin rope made from strings taken from a floor mat. Inquest records noted his hanging and listed several injuries on his body indicative of torture. The Delhi High Court was said to have ordered an inquiry into whether the death was suicide or was due to torture. According to the Government a judicial inquiry was under way. The report of the SDM had found two head constables liable for negligence while on duty, and these officers have been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been ordered. 362. Bhura, of Medana Muvada, Gujurat, was detained by two forest watchmen who believed him to be a thief in the Forest Department of Zer district in January 1993 and was taken to Khanpur, where custody was relinquished to the forest ranger. Witnesses were said to have seen the ranger beat Bhura unconscious with an iron pipe. He was taken unconscious into the ranger’s office, and never seen again. A case of illegal confinement was registered by local police against the ranger. Those accused were reportedly granted anticipatory bail and two forest officials were transferred. 363. Arunachalam was taken into police custody in Karnataka in August 1993 after he had hit a pedestrian while travelling on his motorcycle. Thirty minutes after being taken into custody, he was taken to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. Injuries on his body, including deep cuts on his chin and cheek, indicated that he had been beaten by police, but the police reported that he had died of epilepsy. An executive magistrate was asked to conduct an inquiry into the death, the results of which were unknown. The Government replied that Arunachalam had neither been arrested nor harassed by the police, but had come to the station to report the accident on his own accord. A final report was sent to the court treating the death as accidental. 364. Nanjunda was taken into the custody of Mahalakshmi Layout police station in Karnataka and allegedly died in police custody on 23 March 1993 as a result of torture. The Chief Minister was said to have announced a CID inquiry into his death and to have told the State Assembly that he would personally inquire into the incident. The Government replied that while in detention Nanjunda attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself with a piece of bed sheet and that police had stopped him and taken him to the hospital, where he died. A Writ Petition was filed in the High Court of Karanataka, which had stayed further proceedings, leaving the matter subjudice. 365. Vidyadharan, President of a Congress Party "reformist" group, from Karthikapally, Haripad Taluk, Alappuza district in Kerala, was arrested by police on 18 February 1993 in connection with a death in his family. He was allegedly tortured in police custody and rushed to Haripad government hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. The police official responsible for his arrest was reportedly suspended. The Government replied that Vidyadharan had in fact been arrested on 17 February and during detention at Haripad police station was shivering and tried to bang his head on the grills of the lock-up room. Preliminary inquiries revealed that his injury was self-inflicted, but a criminal case had been transferred to the Crime