Overview
- The SIT moved suspended Circle Inspector S. S. V. V. Nagaraju from judicial remand to Vijayawada for questioning after the Supreme Court allowed seven days of custody to enable on-site interrogation.
- Nagaraju is the chief accused in the case and was first arrested on June 23 alongside several head constables and constables on charges including wrongful confinement, custodial torture and destroying evidence.
- Investigators say Krishnalanka police tried to create an escape narrative, allegedly sent the victim’s phone toward Goa, and attempted to tamper with CCTV footage while questioning crematorium staff about an unidentified body.
- Key evidence remains missing: CCTV hard disks have not been recovered and the body of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna has not been traced, prompting the SIT to seek locations and witnesses that could locate both.
- The case began after the victim went missing following his May pickup from Markapuram and a habeas corpus petition by his mother, and the current probe will test police accountability and could produce new leads if custody yields recoverable evidence.