Overview

• The Rajamahendravaram Special Court approved a Special Investigation Team to re-open the case and ordered additional charges to be filed within three months
• The SIT is headed by ASP Manish Devraj Patil with legal advisor Muppalla Subba Rao after the TDP-led coalition government mandated a fresh inquiry in April
• Veedhi Subrahmanyam’s family has pressed for a CBI investigation, alleging the previous administration influenced police and overlooked key technical evidence
• Subrahmanyam, a Dalit and former driver of YSRCP MLC Ananta Uday Bhaskar, was killed in May 2022 and his injuries were initially misrepresented as a road accident
• Bhaskar was arrested and suspended from YSRCP but secured default bail in December 2022 when the original charge sheet was not filed in time