Senior IPS officer of Bihar cadre M Sunil Naik, at last, appeared before the Crime Investigation Department authorities in Guntur on Thursday in connection with the alleged custodial assault case involving former Narasapuram MP and current assembly deputy speaker K Raghu Ramakrishnam Raju.
Naik appeared at the CCS Police Station in Guntur, where questioning by investigators is scheduled to continue until 5 pm.
The interrogation is being conducted by Vizianagaram Superintendent of Police Damodar, who is the investigating officer in the case.
The case pertains to allegations that RRR was subjected to custodial torture and an attempt on his life while he was detained by the Andhra Pradesh CID during the YSR Congress party government.
Raju was arrested in May 2021 from his residence in Hyderabad and shifted to the CID regional office in Guntur, where he was reportedly kept overnight.
According to the police, Sunil Naik—who was then serving as CID DIG—had visited the CID regional office several times on the night Raju was detained. Based on these findings, investigators included Naik as Accused No 7 (A-7) in the case.
Although multiple notices were earlier issued directing him to appear for questioning, Naik failed to comply.
Police even arrested him in Patna, Bihar, but were unable to bring him to Andhra Pradesh due to the absence of a transit warrant.
Subsequently, Naik approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The court directed him to appear before the investigating officer and cooperate with the inquiry from March 5 to March 9.
Following the court’s order, Naik presented himself before investigators, making it mandatory for him to participate in the ongoing interrogation.
