Human rights activist Henri Tiphagne from People’s Watch, Madurai, who appeared before the investigating officer, told reporters that the district collector had failed to act as per the law. He should have investigated the case, visited the police stations where the custodial torture happened and taken stock of the CCTV footage at the stations. Tiphagne pointed out that CCTV cameras were not available at some of these stations. The NGO would take the next course of action based on the outcome of the inquiry by the high-level officer, he said.