The drama that unfolded with the arrest of senior Bihar IPS officer M Sunil Nayak by Andhra Pradesh police in Patna on Monday and his subsequent release on Tuesday due to denial of transit remand by the jurisdictional court continues unabated.
The Andhra Pradesh Police seems to be hell-bent on re-arresting him in connection with the alleged custodial torture case involving former YSR Congress MP and current Andhra Assembly Deputy Speaker K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju (RRR).
On Wednesday, Nayak, who is currently posted as Inspector General in the Bihar Fire Services Department, moved the Andhra High Court seeking anticipatory bail. The hearing on his bail petition is yet to begin.
On Thursday, the Andhra Police secured a non-bailable arrest warrant against him from a mobile court in Guntur.
Just after securing the arrest warrant, the police swung into action and began efforts to locate and arrest him. But Nayak too moved to scuttle the Andhra Police action, as sources said soon after the report of the Guntur court issuing the arrest warrant, Nayak switched off his phone and went underground.
Naik, who moved to Andhra Pradesh on deputation, was serving as the DIG of the CID at the time the incident of alleged custodial torture of the then YSR Congress MP took place in 2021, resulting in Nayak being named as an accused in the case registered in the Nagarampalem police station in Guntur district.
Sunil Kumar Nayak IPS, Andhra Pradesh Police, Custodial torture case,
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