SIT confirms lacking AP man’s demise in custody
Hyderabad The Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) of the Andhra Pradesh police probing the case of mysterious disappearance of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna in Vijayawada on Wednesday declared that he was illegally detained and had died within the police custody at Krishna Lanka police station within the first week of Might.
The SIT, headed by inspector normal of police M Ravi Prakash, which arrested suspended Krishna Lanka police inspector S S V V Nagaraju on Tuesday, produced him earlier than the Second Extra Judicial Justice of the Peace of First Class, Vijayawada, on Wednesday.
The courtroom remanded Nagaraju to 14 days of judicial custody till July 8 and within the night, he was shifted to Rajamahendravaram Central Jail.
Within the remand report submitted to the courtroom and was seen by HT, the investigating officer of the SIT accused Nagaraju of unlawful detention, wrongful confinement, homicide, destruction of proof and suppression of fabric info. Investigators knowledgeable the courtroom that accessible proof pointed to a custodial demise and that Sai Krishna’s demise was allegedly linked to accidents sustained whereas in police custody.
Based on the SIT, Sai Krishna, towards whom two non-bailable warrants have been pending in earlier instances, was apprehended by a Vijayawada Metropolis Police group close to Markapuram within the early hours of Might 6, and delivered to Krishna Lanka police station on the identical day.
The remand report, quoting a number of witnesses, asserted that Sai Krishna was bodily current on the police station after being introduced there. “Although Nagaraju took Sai Krishna into custody on Might 6 itself, he had not been produced earlier than the jurisdictional Justice of the Peace throughout the necessary 24-hour interval prescribed by regulation,” it stated, including no lawful clarification had been supplied for this failure, strengthening allegations of unlawful detention.
Sai Krishna’s mom, Gade Vijayalakshmi, additionally advised the investigators that she had seen him within the lock-up on Might 8 in an unconscious state with seen accidents and his legs tied. Based on her assertion, she additionally heard his cries whereas he was in custody and repeatedly appealed to police officers, together with Nagaraju, to launch him.
She later approached the state excessive courtroom by means of a habeas corpus petition requesting that her son be produced earlier than the courtroom.
The SIT has relied on witness testimonies and different proof to conclude that Sai Krishna remained in police custody between Might 6 and Might 8, throughout which interval he’s suspected to have been tortured and fatally injured. Investigators alleged that after his demise, efforts have been made to hide the crime.
A key side of the investigation pertains to lacking CCTV footage from Krishnalanka Police Station. Personnel from the Andhra Pradesh Forensic Science Laboratory visited the station on June 19 to retrieve footage from the digital video recorder (DVR) system.
Nonetheless, investigators discovered that no recordings have been accessible between Might 1 and June 1—a interval that coincides with Sai Krishna’s alleged unlawful detention and disappearance. The SIT considers the absence of footage extremely vital and suspects deliberate destruction of proof.
The remand report additional alleged that Nagaraju suppressed essential data from the Andhra Pradesh excessive courtroom. After the habeas corpus petition was filed, Nagaraju reportedly submitted written directions to the courtroom stating that police have been making efforts to hint Sai Krishna.
Nonetheless, investigators alleged that he didn’t disclose that Sai Krishna had already been apprehended close to Markapuram and delivered to Krishnalanka police station underneath police custody.
Based on the SIT, this amounted to deliberate suppression of fabric info and an try and mislead the excessive courtroom concerning the circumstances surrounding Sai Krishna’s disappearance. Investigators acknowledged that the failure to reveal his custody standing, coupled with the lacking CCTV footage and witness statements, factors to a coordinated effort to hide the reality.
The SIT additionally alleged that Sai Krishna’s physique was disposed of after his demise in an try and destroy proof. Vijayalakshmi advised investigators that police personnel had allegedly burnt the physique past recognition. The SIT famous that Sai Krishna’s physique has not but been traced and that Nagaraju has not been cooperating with efforts to determine its whereabouts.
In its report, the SIT acknowledged that the circumstances surrounding Sai Krishna’s apprehension, his continued presence in police custody, accidents seen on his physique, failure to supply him earlier than a Justice of the Peace, suppression of info earlier than the Excessive Courtroom, disappearance of CCTV footage and the lack of the accused to clarify the sufferer’s whereabouts collectively create a powerful prima facie inference that Sai Krishna died after sustaining deadly accidents in police custody.
Based on the FIR, Nagaraju was booked underneath Part 103 (1) (homicide), 127(4) (wrongful confinement for 10 days or extra), 127(6) (wrongful confinement in secret) and Part 238 (suppression of proof) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita.
