Hyderabad, Aug. 1 -- The Telangana High Court has directed the Hyderabad Police Commissioner to examine CCTV footage from the Malakpet police station after a goldsmith accused officers of illegally detaining and torturing him over a gold recovery case.

Justice Madhavi Devi passed the order on a writ petition filed by P Srikanth, 37, who alleged he was picked up by Malakpet police from his workplace around 7 pm on July 17 without any information on the reason for his arrest. His counsel, K Ajith Reddy, told the court that Srikanth was subjected to custodial violence and pressured both to confess to a crime and to withdraw his pending writ petition.

The petition further claimed that Srikanth was formally remanded only on July 18, which wa...