New Delhi: The Bombay high court has asked for all the inquiry documents relating to the custodial suicide of a prisoner at Nashik Central Prison, after the family said they had not been informed about whether the mandated independent probe into 31-year-old Asghar Ali Mansoori’s death had even begun.According to LiveLaw, the court was hearing a petition filed by Asghar’s father Mumtaz Muhammad Mansoori and the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, seeking an independent probe into Asghar’s custodial death. As The Wire had earlier reported, Mansoori was allegedly harassed by many members of the jail staff, and had anticipated that the officials would hush up the real cause of his death. So, he wrapped a two-page detailed suicide note in a polythene bag and swallowed it. The note was found in his abdomen at the time of post mortem.Additional public prosecutor J.P. Yadav reportedly told the bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Manish Pitale that he had made inquiries and found out that the probe had begun, and that the Human Rights Commission was also looking into the incident. Justice Pitale then asked if the inquiries were complete, saying that since three months had passed since the suicide, “This is enough time for them to complete the inquiry.”Senior advocate Mihir Desai, appearing for the petitioners, said that if an inquiry was underway, Asghar’s family wanted to be given the details relating to it. Justice Pitale too said that this should be the case, and “ideally the father should have been involved [in the inquiry]”.In their petition to the high court, Asghar’s father Mumtaz and PUCL have said an “impartial and independent inquiry into the nature and cause of [Asghar’s] death” is required.Also read: Family Accuse J&K Police of Killing Sopore Man in Custody, Question ‘Escape’ StoryMumtaz and other relatives had earlier alleged that while the police called them to take down their statements, they refused to file an FIR against the accused officials. A police official investigating the case told The Wire then that since the police have already initiated an inquiry under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in the case, they will decide whether or not to file an FIR on completion of the inquiry. “The family has claimed that the deceased person did not know to write or read Marathi. The suicide note was in Marathi. We are trying to ascertain who helped him in writing it and if the names mentioned in the letter are truly behind his death,” said police inspector Ganesh T., who is handling the case. Ganesh also added that the note has five names in it and “not everything mentioned in the letter can be trusted”.Mumtaz, the petition states, believes that the officials named in the suicide note are responsible for his son’s death, and his son’s right to life was violated by the accused. The petitioners have also argued that the police should have automatically filed an FIR when the suicide note was found, based on precedent.