Hyderabad, Oct. 31 -- The Telangana High Court on Friday, October 30, sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate about the alleged custodial torture in the liquor transportation scam in Andhra Pradesh.

The High Court was hearing a petition filed by Mangalampalli Naga Sai Manikanta, who alleged that ED officials detained him for nearly 10 hours at their Hyderabad office on October 26.

Justice EV Venugopal asked the ED and police to file responses and adjourned the matter to November 27.

Manikanta told the court that he was summoned by the agency as a witness and not as an accused. The petitioner also said that he appeared before the ED voluntarily, yet he was asked questions that were not related to him.

Manikanta accused the E...