India, Oct. 4 -- A special MCOCA court has referred an alleged custodial torture case to the principal judge of the sessions court for appropriate action after a court-ordered medical examination found multiple injuries, including a burn injury to the genital region of an accused arrested by the Sakinaka police.

The accused, Ali Husain Ali Hasan Khan alias Kaddu, was booked by Sakinaka police in a violent robbery case in which the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) had been invoked. On Thursday, when he was produced for remand, he told the court that the police had tortured him for about three days.

During an interaction with special judge VD Kedar in his chambers, Khan alleged that police personnel assaulted him on vari...