Former DIG AP CID M. Sunil Kumar Naik.
The Andhra Pradesh Police plans to appeal against the Bihar court’s order denying the transit custody of Bihar IGP, M. Sunil Kumar Naik, in connection with the alleged torture of former Narsapuram Member of Parliament K. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju.
“We will move the high court to vacate the order of the jurisdictional court which denied the transit custody of the IGP,” a senior police officer told The Hindu on Tuesday.
A team of Andhra Pradesh Police took Mr. Sunil Kumar Naik, who is the Director of Fire Services, Bihar, into custody on Monday at his residence in Patna for allegedly torturing Mr. Raghu Ramakrishna Raju, who is now the Deputy Speaker of the AP Legislative Assembly, five years ago. He was produced in a local court seeking permission to transfer him to AP, but the plea was dismissed.
Mr. Sunil Kumar Naik, who was serving on deputation as DIG of AP Crime Investigation Department (CID) at that time, was named as accused No. 7 in the case registered at Nagarampalem Police Station in Guntur District.
Meanwhile, it was alleged that the AP Police entered the house of Mr. Sunil Kumar Naik by scaling the wall and took him into custody without producing an arrest warrant, though he insisted on producing one.
The competent court rejected the transit warrant on the ground that the AP police did not follow proper inter-state arrest procedure.
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Published – 24 Feb 2026 21:32 IST
