Andhra Pradesh police interrogated M. Sunil Kumar Naik, a Bihar cadre IPS officer, for about seven hours regarding the alleged custodial torture of former Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, now the Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly. Naik, the Director of Fire Services in Bihar, faced questioning by Vizianagaram Superintendent of Police A. R. Damodar at Central Crime Station, Guntur.
Naik is scheduled to meet with the investigating officer again on Friday. According to the Andhra Pradesh High Court’s order, he must report to the police daily from March 5 to March 9. The High Court, while granting interim protection, instructed him to cooperate with the investigation.
Sunil Naik was arrested by Andhra Pradesh police in Patna on February 23 after failing to respond to summonses. Despite a Patna court rejecting the police’s request for his transit warrant, a Guntur court issued an arrest warrant on February 26. Naik had sought anticipatory bail from the High Court, arguing that the allegations against him were politically motivated.
