The police in Andhra Pradesh on Monday arrested Indian Police Service officer M Sunil Kumar Nayak in connection with the alleged custodial torture of former MP K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju in 2021, The Hindu reported.
Raju had been arrested that year for allegedly making derogatory remarks about then Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. He later alleged that he was tortured in police custody.
Nayak, a Bihar-cadre IPS officer, was serving as deputy inspector general in the Crime Investigation Department at the time of the alleged incident.
A case in connection with the alleged torture was filed by Guntur Police on July 11, 2024, after the Telugu Desam Party-led government was elected to power.
The first information report alleged that Raju was arrested on Nayak’s instructions and was assaulted while in custody, The New Indian Express reported.
Nayak has been booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code pertaining to attempt to murder, causing grievous hurt using dangerous weapons and other offences, The Hindu reported.
He was arrested in the early hours of Monday from Bihar, and was being brought to Andhra Pradesh, Guntur district Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal told the newspaper.
The police had earlier issued multiple summons to Nayak asking him to record his statement, but received no response, The New Indian Express reported.
The IPS officer had been posted to Andhra Pradesh on an inter-state deputation in 2019 and had served in the southern state for three years. He returned to Bihar after the TDP-led government came to power in 2024.
Nayak is posted as the inspector general of the Bihar Fire Services.
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