 Post-mortem examinations conducted by India reported that the prisoners variously had cigarette burns, ear-drums pierced with hot rods, many broken teeth and bones, fractured skulls, eyes that had been punctured before being removed, cut lips, chipped noses, and amputated limbs and genitalia.According to the examinations, these injuries preceded the captives being shot dead in the head.However, there was no independent international observer at the post-mortem and "The Guardian" noted that the announcement of the results came in a scripted ministerial speech replete with "sabre-rattling" at a time when India was desperate to gain a propaganda advantage after a humiliating period of conflict.