KANNUR: The High Court has ordered the gold smuggling case accused Akash Thillankeri, who was transferred to the maximum security jail after beating up a jail official, be taken for a medical examination. The Viyyoor Jail Superintendent has been instructed to produce him before Thrissur District Hospital Superintendent.

The court's interim order came on a habeas corpus petition filed by Akash's father. His father filed a petition seeking a direction to produce Akash in the High Court. Akash Thillankeri recently beat up the assistant warden of the jail following a dispute over phone usage. Police have registered a case in the incident.