A group of individuals and families who got themselves dissociated from the Naqshbandi Thareeqath, a Sufi order based in Kozhikode district’s Koduvally and locally identified as ‘Korul Thareeqath,’ have sought a police investigation into the circumstances that led to the unnatural death of some of its old members.

They allege that the suspected human rights violations and social ostracism by a few Thareeqath preachers and practitioners for allegedly breaking their tenets have been found abetting many “untoward incidents” which could be brought to light through a comprehensive investigation.