Andhra missing youth case: Mother threatens self-immolation over missing son’s ashes

The mother of missing youth Gade Sai Krishna, who allegedly died due to custodial torture in Vijayawada, threatened to immolate herself if her son’s ashes were not handed over. She accused former police inspector SSVV Nagaraju of killing and secretly cremating her son.

Vijayawada: The mother of a missing youth, whose mother alleged that he was murdered in custodial torture, threatened on Saturday to end her life by burning herself on the road if her son’s ashes were not given to her.

The case of Gade Sai Krishna’s disappearance recently rocked Andhra Pradesh, with his mother, Gade Vijaya Lakshmi, accusing former Vijayawada Krishna Lanka police inspector SSVV Nagaraju of torturing her son to death and then clandestinely cremating his body without the knowledge of family members.

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Speaking to reporters, a sobbing Vijaya Lakshmi said, “I want my son’s ashes wherever they are. Otherwise, I will drench myself with petrol and burn myself to death in the middle of the road”.

Claiming that she has been devastated without her son, Lakshmi said she doesn’t want “assets, gold or anything else”.

“Two months have lapsed. What did they give me? Instead, they are maligning my son by calling him a criminal,” she said.

Observing that her son was “honest,” against whom a few cases were pending, Lakshmi accused Nagaraju of gruesomely killing Sai Krishna by driving nails into his body.

“Why was he killed? For what was he killed? Who all were involved? you all have the responsibility, bring it out,” she said.

Meanwhile, YSRCP leaders Ambati Rambabu, TJR Sudhakar Babu and Malladi Vishnu demanded a judicial inquiry and a CBI investigation into Sai Krishna’s “disappearance” case, stating that only an independent probe could ensure justice for the victim’s family.

Rambabu alleged that there is an attempt to project arrested circle inspector Nagaraju as the only accused person while “protecting the real persons responsible for the case.”

“The custodial death of Sai Krishna had shocked the entire country and called for a thorough investigation by collecting CCTV footage, mobile phone data and all other evidence,” the former minister told reporters after submitting a written representation listing objections, concerns and demands to an official probing this case.

He said the case should not be diluted, demanding that all those found guilty should be punished under the law, resembling a verdict in a similar custodial death case in Tamil Nadu.

Sudhakar Babu demanded that CCTV footage from Markapuram to Vijayawada be secured and made public, asking the government to reveal who ordered Sai Krishna’s detention.

He said the case was a human rights issue and expressed no confidence in the SIT and magistrate inquiry.

Vishnu claimed that the ongoing inquiries appeared to be an “eyewash” and reiterated that a CBI investigation was the only way to uncover the truth, vowing that the YSRCP would continue its fight until complete justice is delivered to Sai Krishna’s family.