IPS officer Sunil Nayak moves AP high court seeking anticipatory bail in custodial torture case

Vijayawada: Sunil Nayak, an Inspector General (IG) rank officer working in the Bihar cadre, moved the Andhra Pradesh high court seeking anticipatory bail in the case registered against him following a complaint by deputy Speaker K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju alleging custodial torture. Andhra Pradesh police made a futile attempt to arrest him in Patna, but he was let off after the local court rejected a request for a transit warrant.Raju lodged a complaint with Nagarampalem police in Guntur alleging that the Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials beat him in custody in 2021 when he was a Member of Parliament (MP). Sunil Nayak, who was on deputation to Andhra Pradesh, worked as Deputy Inspector General (DIG) in the CID.Sunil argued in his petition that the case was politically motivated, and he had no connection with the alleged torture. He stated that his name was not in the FIR and was included later. The witness statements revealed that he was present at the time of the alleged incident, but no one said that he tortured Raju.Sunil further submitted that his anticipatory bail was earlier rejected by the trial court and that he apprehended arrest in view of the latest attempt made by the police. He sought interim protection from arrest pending disposal of the petition.