FIR against Jagan Mohan Reddy, 2 IPS officers after TDP MLA alleges he was tortured at ex-Andhra CM’s behest

On May 14, 2021, Raju was arrested on charges of sedition after he filed a plea before the CBI special court in Hyderabad that it should cancel bail granted to Jagan in an alleged disproportionate assets case.

He was taken into custody by the CID officials after they issued a notice under IPC Sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), and 505 (public mischief). He was later granted bail by the Supreme Court.

He alleged in his complaint that after he was taken to the CID office, former CID chief P V Sunil Kumar and former Intelligence IG PSR Anjaneyulu and other officials manhandled him and thrashed him with a belt and lathis, and prevented him from taking medicines for a heart surgery he had undergone four months earlier.

He alleged that the officers were acting at the behest of then CM Jagan. He alleged that someone sat on his chest until he revealed the password to unlock his mobile phone, and he was threatened of dire consequences if he continued to criticise Jagan.

Based on this complaint, the police registered an FIR against Jagan, and the two CID officers.

Raju, 62, won from Narsapuram Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh in 2019, on a YSRCP ticket, but fell out with the party soon after the elections. He then launched a series of vitriolic attacks on Jagan and the party. His arrest was prompted by a YouTube post in which Raju was seen attacking the then Adviser, Public Affairs, Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy, accusing the latter of instigating YSRCP social media cell to upload posts against him.