Overview
- Police registered a criminal FIR against Krishnalanka Circle Inspector S. V. Nagaraju on Friday and suspended him while appointing ACP Daiva Prasad and senior IPS officer Narasimha Kishore to lead the probe.
- The family says 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna was taken by Krishnalanka police from Markapur on May 9 and has not been seen since, prompting his mother to file a habeas corpus petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
- Investigators have seized DVRs, NVRs, hard disks and mobile phones and questioned Krishnalanka station staff and Swargapuri burial-ground employees to trace custody logs and unclaimed cremations.
- The FIR cites Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, including murder (103(1)) and wrongful confinement (127(4)/127(6)), while opposition parties and rights groups are demanding an independent CBI or judicial inquiry.
- The High Court has ordered police to produce Sai Krishna or his remains by June 29, and the case’s next steps to watch are forensic results from seized footage and burial records and any independent probe order.