Observing that prima facie it was a serious crime, the Bombay High Court asked Mumbai crime branch here today, to probe and file an FIR against nine policemen for their alleged roles in the custodial death of a youth and sexual abuse of three others held in a robbery case.

Hearing a petition, Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode asked Director General of Police to personally monitor the probe. The bench placed the matter for hearing on June 13. The judges asked the Maharashtra state government and other respondents to hand over the post mortem report of 24-year-old victim Agnelo Valdaris who died in police custody here in April 18, 2014.