The record
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- Suresh, an accused in the alleged custodial death case of Gade Sai Krishna, surrendered before the Special Investigation Team on Thursday after absconding for months.
- Suresh is named accused number four in the case and is a close associate of suspended Krishnalanka Circle Inspector S.S.V.V.
- Nagaraju.
- The SIT had earlier arrested the Circle Inspector, four constables and a home guard of the Krishnalanka police station.
- Sai Krishna, 25, went missing after allegedly being taken into custody on May 9, and his body has not been found.
- The surrender matters because it moves the investigation forward after evidence destruction, including deleted CCTV footage, was disclosed to a magistrate's court.
What to watch next
- Whether Suresh's interrogation leads to details about the disposal of Sai Krishna's body.
- Further court proceedings in the habeas corpus petition filed by Sai Krishna's mother in the High Court.
- Progress in the separate case against the Circle Inspector under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and abetment of suicide charges.
What changed4
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The Hindu — Andhra Pradesh2h ago[1]
Congress says SIT failed to secure CCTV evidence in Sai Krishna custodial death case, seeks CBI probeHindustan Times1d ago[2]
Missing Andhra man beaten to death in police custody, cremated same night, SIT findsThe Hindu — Andhra Pradesh2d ago[3]
Sai Krishna’s alleged custodial death case: More details stumble outThe Hindu — Andhra Pradesh3d ago[4]
Absconding accused in Sai Krishna alleged custodial death case surrenders before SIT
Who said what3
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Kolanukonda Shivaji
APCC vice-president
2 quotes · 1 outlet
“The investigating officers had deliberately shifted the scene of the alleged lock-up death from the Krishnalanka police station to a private building, though the incident had happened in the police station”
In the article
…The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Monday (September 21, 2026) alleged that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna had failed to gather vital evidence. The investigating officers had deliberately shifted the scene of the alleged lock-up death from the Krishnalanka police station to a private building, though the incident had happened in the police station , APCC vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji alleged in a statement. Sai Krishna’s mother, G. Vijaya Lakshmi, had alleged that her son was illegally detained and that she had seen him in the police station crying in pain;…
“He demanded that the government hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) immediately for a fair probe.”
In the article
…said. He asked why the investigating officers could not seize the CCTV footage of the Krishnalanka police station, and of the route to the Swargapuri crematorium, where Sai Krishna’s body was allegedly cremated. He demanded that the government hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) immediately for a fair probe. Sai Krishna, 25, went missing after the Krishnalanka police picked him up from Markapuram in May. His mother’s habeas corpus petition in the High Court brought the case to light; Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju was…
Gade Vijaya Lakshmi
mother of Gade Sai Krishna
1 quote · 1 outlet
“urged Mr. Nagaraju not to beat her son and send him home”
In the article
…two Non-Bailable Warrants (NBWs) were pending. He was handed over to Krishnalanka police on the next day. Sai Krishna’s mother, Gade Vijaya Lakshmi, said she saw her son crying with pains in the police station, and urged Mr. Nagaraju not to beat her son and send him home . After making several rounds to the police station and to the NTR Police Commissionerate, Vijaya Lakshmi filed a habeas corpus petition in the High Court on June 2, as the whereabouts of Sai Krishna were not known and…
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Named India · Gade Sai Krishna · NTR Commissionerate · Perupogu Kranthi Kumar · Vijayawada · Adnan Naveen Asmi · Amit Bardar · Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee · Andhra Pradesh Police · Ashok Kumar · Central Bureau of Investigation · Gade Vijaya Lakshmi · G. Suresh
- The Hindu — Andhra PradeshCongress says SIT failed to secure CCTV evidence in Sai Krishna custodial death case, seeks CBI probe[1]English national· critical
- Hindustan TimesMissing Andhra man beaten to death in police custody, cremated same night, SIT finds[2]English national· neutral
- The Hindu — Andhra PradeshSai Krishna’s alleged custodial death case: More details stumble out[3]English national· neutral
- The Hindu — Andhra PradeshAbsconding accused in Sai Krishna alleged custodial death case surrenders before SIT[4]English national· neutral
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