Madurai, March 12 -- The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Director General of Police (DGP) to appoint a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police from the CB-CID to investigate the death of R Akash Delison, who allegedly died in police custody earlier this month.

The court on Wednesday also ordered that relevant provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act be included in the investigation.

Justice L Victoria Gowri observed that while the right to peaceful protest is constitutionally protected, such demonstrations should not cause undue hardship to the public, particularly by obstructing national highways.

In order to arrive at an amicable so...