A high-level inquiry has been ordered into a suspected custodial torture faced by a 42-year old man, Sajeevan Kalleri, from Vadakara who succumbed to injuries on the way to the Vadakara Cooperative Hospital on Thursday night.
Deputy Superintendent of District Crime Branch (Kozhikode rural) R. Haridas has been entrusted with the probe after the family members of the victim accused the Vadakara police of cruel custodial torture.