Sai Krishna’s alleged custodial death case: More details stumble out
SIT, probing into the case, has arrested six persons so far; Gulivindala Suresh, who was Accused No. 4 and a close associate of CI Nagaraju, has been absconding for the last few months
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has uncovered more details in the alleged custodial death case of Gade Sai Krishna at Krishnalanka police station. According to the SIT, Sai Krishna was picked up by the NTR Commissionerate's Task Force police on May 5, 2026, against two Non-Bailable Warrants (NBWs). He was handed over to Krishnalanka police the following day.
Sai Krishna's mother, Gade Vijaya Lakshmi, reportedly saw her son crying in pain at the police station and pleaded with Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju not to beat her son and send him home.
The SIT claims that Sai Krishna's close associate, Gulivindala Suresh (Accused 4), confessed to seeing Sai Krishna at the police station during interrogation and later at a private house in Ranigari Thota, where he died on May 12. Suresh, along with Krishnalanka police Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju (Accused No.1) and head constables Ashok Kumar (Accused 2) and Nani (Accused 3), allegedly cremated the body to destroy evidence.
The three allegedly took the body to a private vacant building in Ranigari Thota, where Sai Krishna was found in a poor condition, and cremated him in Swargapuri crematorium on the same day. Suresh reportedly deleted photographs of the deceased taken on another head constable's phone as per Nagaraju's instructions. The case is currently under investigation.
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