Annual Report 1999-2000 Commission also recommended that the conduct of two police officials, the DCP (East District) and the AGP (Public Grievances Cell) be looked into, and the appropriate action taken in this regard. The Commission further recommended to the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi that it ensure an effective and expeditious trial of the errant officials and mal^ sure that they are punished in accordance with law and not allowed to go scotfree because of weak prosecution. It also directed the Government to ensure that the implementation of the scheme framed by the Municipal Corporadon of Delhi in regard to hawkers/petty vendors be implemented at the earliest. The Commission considered it deeply regrettable that an innocent fruit vendor of about 33 years of age and supporting a family of seven, lost his life as a result of a severe beadng by Uvo policemen of the Delhi Police, mainly because he had failed to oblige them by paying the hafta (the illegal weekly collection made to permit petty vendors to carry out their trade). The Commission asked the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi to pay a sum of Rs. 2.5 lakhs to the next of kin of Matloob Hussainwho had died of police violence. The Commission also asked the Delhi Government to consdtute a high-powered Committee to look into the menace of the collection of hafta by the police and other civic funcdonaries frcm the petty vendors and other similarly placed persons. The Committee was asked to suggest \vays and means to curb this menace, so that this vulnerable section of society can live in peace. The Commission subsequendy received a report from the Government of the Nadonal Capital Territory of Delhi indicadng compliance with the directions of the Commission. Death of Nageshwar Singh following torture and humiliation in police custody: Bihar (Case No. 7482/95-96/NHRC) Shri Kameshwar Singh, in a complaint to the Commission, alleged that his brother Nageshwar Singh was arrested on 22 August 1993 by the railway police at Barauni and handed over to the Vidupur Pblice, District Vaishali. He was mercilessly beaten, tormred and humiliated in custody. His head was shaved, face painted and he was driven around the town on a donkey. Shri Kameshwar Singh also alleged that the torture in police custody was the reason for the death of his brother on 25 August 1993. In response to the Commission's notice, a report received from the DGP, Bihar, admitted that the death of Nageshwar Singh was caused while he was in police custody, though he died while in hospital where he was being treated. It was also reported that he was not produced before a Magistrate after his arrest, and was kept in police custody for more than 24 hours. As many as 11 injuries on his person were recorded in the 94