Chandigarh, Nov. 14 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought response from the Punjab director general of police (DGP), among others, on a plea seeking judicial probe into the alleged custodial torture of a Ludhiana resident by the local police. The high court bench of justice Suvir Sehgal has sought response on the plea by January 28 while also seeking response from SHO Amritpal Singh Grewal, ASI Balbir Singh and constable Manoj Kumar against whom allegations were levelled by one Sanjeev Kumar, a resident of Saroop Nagar in Ludhiana. "The petitioner was illegally detained on July 4, 2025, tortured and shown to have been arrested belatedly on July 5, 2025, in complete disregard of constitutional safeguards. He was subjected to inhuman custodial torture, including beatings, electric shocks, water submersion and mental harassment through threats of sexual violence to his mother... Only when his mother and wife apprised the learned magistrate, a fresh medical examination was ordered," the plea alleged. htc...