Porni Banerjee | ১২ জুলাই ২০২৪ ১৬ : ২৭Porni Banerjee

Former Andhra Pradesh Jagan Mohan Reddy, along with two IPS officers and two retired officers have been booked under ‘attempt to murder’ case following a complaint by a TDP MLA. The case was registered by Andhra Pradesh Police.

The IPS officers identified are PV Sunil Kumar and PSR Sitaramanjaneyulu and the retired officials include R Vijay Paul, who was a police officer and former Guntur Government General Hospital superintendent G Prabhavati.

The complaint lodged by the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA from Undi assembly constituency, K Raghurama Krishna Raju on June 10, made allegations like attempt to murder, custodial torture and criminal conspiracy against the police officers and Jagan Mohan Reddy.

The five accused have been booked under IPC Sections 120 B, 166, 167, 197, 307, 326, 465 and 506.

In his complaint, Raju alleged that he was arrested in 2021 by the CID in Hyderabad and accused Reddy and other officials of “plotting” a criminal conspiracy against him.

“On May 14, 2021, I was arrested without due process, I was bullied, unlawfully physically pulled inside the police vehicle, and forcibly taken to Guntur the same night,” Raju said in the complaint.

The MLA further said that he was subjected to extreme physical abuse, alleging that the officers thrashed him with belts and sticks and wasn’t even allowed to take his heart ailment medicines following the instructions by Reddy despite they knowing that he had undergone a bypass surgery. Instead, the officers “sat on his chest” and applied pressure in an attempt to choke his heart and kill him, Raju alleged.

Following the abuse, he was taken to a government hospital where he was neglected by doctor Prabhavathi. Further allegations suggest that PV Sunil Kumar threatened to kill him if he said anything against Jagan Mohan Reddy.