Absconding accused in Sai Krishna alleged custodial death case surrenders before SIT
Suresh, named accused number four and described as a close associate of suspended Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju, gives himself up after months in hiding
The accused in the alleged custodial death case of Gade Sai Krishna, Suresh, has surrendered before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Thursday, September 17, 2026. Suresh, who has been on the run for several months, is a close associate of suspended Krishnalanka Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju, also an accused in the case.
The SIT had earlier arrested Nagaraju, four constables, and a home guard of the Krishnalanka police station, as well as launched a hunt for Suresh. Sai Krishna, 25, went missing after he was allegedly taken into custody by the Krishnalanka police on May 9. His mother, G. Vijaya Lakshmi, had moved the High Court with a habeas corpus petition alleging that Nagaraju had tortured her son to death and that the police had disposed of the body.
The SIT informed a magistrate’s court that staff of the police station had destroyed evidence, deleting the station’s CCTV footage and other digital records. Two of the accused reportedly told investigators that they had sold their mobile phones in Nagpur. Nagaraju was separately booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and for abetment of suicide after Perupogu Kranthi Kumar, a Vijayawada resident, took his own life on May 21, having recorded a video alleging harassment by the Circle Inspector and his staff.
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