Hyderabad, July 21 -- The Telangana High Court on Monday, July 20, directed the state government to produce closed circuit television (CCTV) footage from a women's prison in Narsampet in Warangal in connection with the alleged custodial death of a 30-year-old undertrial woman.

Justice T Madhavi Devi passed the direction while hearing a petition filed by the brother of Pendyala Sucharitha, seeking a fair and effective police investigation into her death while she was lodged at the Special Prison for Women in Narsampet.

What the petition alleges

Senior advocate V Raghunath, appearing for the petitioner, told the High Court that Sucharitha had been subjected to torture and inhuman treatment by prison officials despite repeatedly complaini...