There have been dozens of reports from all over India that arrested people have been so severely tortured during interrogation that they have died. The allegations include reports from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar Orrissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Ta-mil Nadu, The Union Territory of Delhi and West Bengal. In August 1987 a lawyer, M A Rasheed, died allegedly in the custody of the Karnataka police. In October 1987 the state’s chief minister informed Amnesty International that his death was the subject of an inquiry being conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which found in April 1988 that there was a prima facie case that a police sub-inspector, five other