India, July 20 -- Shamil Saquib Nachan and Irfan Landge, lodged in Taloja jail in Navi Mumbai, have alleged custodial assault inside the prison by a group of fellow inmates, allegedly facilitated by the jail authorities.

The matter reached the National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commission, after lawyer Shamsher Ansari, representing the two inmates, moved a plea before the commissions on Saturday, seeking an independent inquiry into the incident.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested Nachan in August 2023 for alleged connections to an ISIS module in Maharashtra, and alleged involvement in terrorist activities, including the fabrication of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Landge was arrested by ...