India, Oct. 31 -- The Thane police chief has ordered an inquiry into allegations of custodial torture against two officers of the Kapurbawdi police after supporters of slain Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar were detained during a mass protest in Thane early on Wednesday.

The protestors, who staged a seven-hour blockade on Ghodbunder Road, were demanding the arrest of former Thane mayor Meenakshi Shinde and her husband for their alleged links to the murder. Shinde has since stepped down as president of the Shiv Sena's women's wing in Thane district.

Detained for pelting bricks at a police team and blocking traffic, the protestors were taken into the Kapurbawdi police station, where two of them were allegedly stripped, thrashed, an...