Hyderabad, June 5 -- The National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) on Thursday, June 5, took suo-moto cognisance of the case involving Telangana police allegedly brutalising an auto driver on May 13.

The NHRC has asked the Telangana Director General of Police (DGP) to present a detailed report based on the allegations within two weeks.

The notice is in connection with the death of 35-year-old Mohammed Irfan, a resident of Gandipet. He had visited the Rajendranagar police station around 7:30 in the evening, accompanied by his wife Nahida's family. The visit was related to a case filed against him over marital issues.

After initially counselling the couple, the police took Irfan into a room and thrashed him with rubber belts. Irfa...