Senior Bihar IPS officer Sunil Kumar Nayak (IPS:2005:BH), who was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday and had to be let off after being denied transit remand by the Patna court, has now moved the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case registered against him by former Andhra MP and Deputy Assembly Speaker K Raghu Ramakrishna Raju (RRR), alleging custodial torture.
Nayak is currently posted as Inspector General (IG) of the Fire Services Department.
The case against Nayak is linked to a 2021 incident in Narsapuram in Guntur district, when Raghu Ramakrishna Raju was arrested.
Subsequently, Raju filed a complaint accusing then CID DIG Sunil Nayak of custodial torture, leading to Nayak being booked under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code.
Nayak had gone to Andhra Pradesh on inter-state deputation in 2019 and was serving as DIG in the Crime Investigation Department (CID) there when it was alleged that the MP’s arrest was carried out at his behest and that Raju was subjected to physical assault while in custody.
Nayak has argued in his petition that the case was politically motivated, and he had no connection with the alleged torture. He has stated that his name did figure in the FIR and it was added later. The witness statements revealed that he was present at the time of the alleged incident, but no one said that he tortured Raju.
The IPS officer has 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 Andhra police.
Thus, Nayak has sought interim protection from the High Court against the possible re-arrest pending disposal of the petition.
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