2021 Case: TDP’s Ramakrishnam Raju files police complaint against YS Jagan, accuses of 'unlawful arrest'

Amaravati: TDP leader K Raghu Ramakrishnam Raju on Monday filed a police complaint against outgoing Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and some senior officials for "unlawful arrest" and hatching a criminal conspiracy.

Raju lodged a complaint with the Guntur superintendent of police. The case dates back to 2021.

He has also alleged that he was tortured in custody and an attempt was made to kill him.

Referring to his 2021 arrest amid Covid second wave from Hyderabad, Raju, 62, in his complaint named IPS officers P V Sunil Kumar and P Sitaramanjaneyulu, police officer R Vijaya Paul and government doctor G Prabhavathi.

"A false case was registered against me by the CBCID of the Andhra Pradesh government. On May 14, 2021, I was arrested without due process…I was bullied, unlawfully physically pulled inside the police vehicle, and forcibly taken to Guntur the same night," Raju said in the complaint.

He said he had undergone an open heart surgery "some weeks" before his arrest. Raju alleged that he was abused and threatened to be killed for "criticizing the then chief minister (Jagan)".

However, a week later, the Supreme Court granted bail to Raju, who was an MP from the Narasapuram then.

Among other allegations, he demanded that a case be registered against all the accused persons, calling that "these criminal offences must be addressed promptly and justice be done".

Raju recently won from the Undi assembly constituency in West Godavari district on a TDP ticket.