Hyderabad, March 27 -- Tension gripped Hyderabad's Falaknuma on Friday, March 27, after a young man was allegedly tortured in police custody.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar asked the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajendranagar, Srinivas, to conduct an inquiry and submit a report on the incident.

Syed Rizwan, 25, a resident of Teegalakunta locality in Falaknuma, and a few others were allegedly involved in a fight with another group on Wednesday night, March 25.

Rizwan and his friends, Asif and Avez, were summoned to the Falaknuma Police Station on Friday, March 27, for questioning.

"Avez and Rizwan were taken upstairs to the interrogation room and the crime police beat Rizwan badly. They put a pen between his fingers a...