E/CN.4/2001/66/Add.2 page 74 Department of Investigation on the third day. The following day, she is said to have been taken to the theft and robbery police station where she was beaten on the head and subjected to electro-shocks. Her head is reported to have been put in a bucket full of water. According to the information received, upon request from the delegado, she was later taken to the Forensic Medical Institute (IML) by the officers who had beaten her at the 2nd district police station. They are believed to have threatened her during the trip to the IML. She did not complain about the ill-treatment. It is reported that the IML doctor ordered her kept for two days in an emergency room, still under the surveillance of the police officers from the 2nd district police station. She allegedly complained to the judge about the ill-treatment she is said to have been subjected to. 32. Solange Rinca da Cruz was reportedly arrested at home, with no arrest warrant, on suspicion of extortion on 25 July 1999 by civil police officers who are said to have taken her directly to the women’s lock-up of the Department of Investigation of Belo Horizonte. It is believed that she was interrogated by the delegado in the presence of her lawyer. After a month of detention, she is said to have been authorized to work outside. According to the information received, she was paying 50 reais each time she wanted to see her husband who was held in the same police station. The fourth time, she is believed to have been taken at 1.00 a.m. by a police officer with a gun to a different room, where she was allegedly raped. One week later, she complained to the Head of the Department of Investigation who is said to have ordered an IML examination. It is believed that the IML could not prove the rape. An internal inquiry was said to have been opened against the alleged perpetrator who was temporarily dismissed pending investigation. In October 1999, she is reported to have been asked by the corregedor to testify. According to the information received, she was threatened by the officer who allegedly raped her and by other police officers. The results of the internal inquiry were not known at the time of the visit of the Special Rapporteur (4 September). The Special Rapporteur would be grateful to receive information about the outcome of the inquiry. 33. Paulo Eustáquio Holanda Martins was reportedly arrested on 3 June 2000 on suspicion of armed robbery and taken to the Department of Investigation of Belo Horizonte before being taken on 16 June to the theft and robbery police station where he was allegedly beaten with rubber truncheons on the soles of his feet and the palm of his hands in order to make him sign a confession to murder. He is believed to have fainted three times. He was asked to pay money in order not to have to sign the confession. 34. Vitoriano Valdivino Dias was reportedly arrested on 12 August 2000 by three military police officers on suspicion of theft. He was reportedly handcuffed before being punched on the face and severely beaten and kicked, in particular on the ribs. This is believed to have happened on the street and then in a military police vehicle in which he was allegedly also beaten with wooden sticks. As a result, he is said to have lost most of his teeth. At the time of the interview (3 September), most of his teeth were indeed missing. He is reported to have threatened the police officers that he would complain to human rights organizations about the treatment they were subjecting him to. The police officers are then said to have threatened to kill him. He was reportedly taken to the Department of Investigation of Belo Horizonte where he was kept for 24 hours where he signed a confession under threat of further beatings. On 14 August, he was reportedly taken to the theft and robbery police station where he was allegedly threatened with further beatings when he asked for medical treatment.