Murder case filed against Vijayawada police inspector in man ‘missing’ case

A murder case was booked against Inspector Nagaraju by Andhra Pradesh police, for his alleged role in the disappearance of Gade Sai Krishna (23). The inspector was booked under BNS Sections 103 (1), 127 (4) and 127 (6) and also BNSS 238, respectively.

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Police on Friday booked a murder case, among other charges, against one of its officials, inspector Nagaraju, for his alleged role in a man “missing” case in Vijayawada after the victim’s mother claimed that the inspector had tortured and killed her son while in custody.

Recently, the Andhra Pradesh government “suspended” Nagaraju, attached to Vijayawada’s Krishna Lanka station, for his alleged role in the disappearance of Gade Sai Krishna (23).

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Krishna’s mother Gade Vijaya Lakshmi (53) lodged a complaint against Nagaraju on Thursday evening and the police registered the FIR today.

“Yesterday evening (Thursday) my sister (Vijaya Lakshmi) lodged a complaint. Police registered an FIR,” Krishna’s uncle Mullapudi Navrang told PTI.

Police booked Nagaraju under BNS Sections 103 (1), 127 (4) and 127 (6) and also BNSS 238.

BNS Section 103 deals with murder while 127 pertains to wrongful confinement. BNSS 238 deals with the “Effect of errors” in criminal charges.

Lakshmi accused Nagaraju of confining her son in the police station, torturing him to death and later burning him to ashes without a trace.

She alleged that Nagaraju had cremated Krishna’s body clandestinely without the knowledge of his family members.

Earlier, she demanded Krishna to be produced before her “if he is alive” or at least give his “mortal remains.” The “missing” case made the state government take it up seriously, prompting Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to appoint a senior IPS officer to probe the case.

On Thursday evening, YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Krishna’s family members and demanded a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death.

Alleging custodial torture, Jagan claimed that the victim was subjected to severe abuse in custody and cited reports that his fingernails had been pulled out.

The former CM said Krishna’s mother had been visiting the police station almost every day from May 9 to June 2, pleading with police personnel to allow her to see her son.

Despite allegedly hearing her son’s cries while he was being beaten, she was repeatedly denied access, he claimed.

Jagan alleged that complaints submitted by the family to senior police officials, including the Police Commissioner, SV Rajasekhar Babu, and the DGP, Harish Kumar Gupta, failed to elicit any response.

According to the YSRCP supremo, even written representations submitted by relatives, including a lawyer in the family, were ignored.

Meanwhile, a video emerged featuring a Dalit man, Perupogu Kranthi Kumar, who had accused inspector Nagaraju of driving him to suicide through his alleged harassment and torture.

In the selfie video, Kumar was seen consuming poison and ending his life due to Nagaraju’s harassment on May 21.

The video went viral in the wake of Krishna’s case also being linked to Nagaraju.