India, Aug. 24 -- The Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered departmental action against two assistant police inspectors of the Dombivili police after they failed to act against an alcoholic who badly beat up his elderly parents.

A division bench of justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Akhand were irked to note that the elderly couple suffered two months of torture even after the matter was brought to the police's notice. The officers, Praveen Ghutugade and Dhananjay Chavan, recorded a non-cognisable offence, a minor one for which the police cannot make an arrest without a warrant or start an investigation without the magistrate's permission. The court noted that they did nothing to stop the torture of the elderly couple.

The court's order ...