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Andhra Pradesh HC orders CBI probe into Gade Sai Krishna custodial death
Andhra Pradesh HC orders CBI probe into Gade Sai Krishna custodial death
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday, 16 October 2026, ordered a CBI investigation into the custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna and directed the state government to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to his mother within four weeks. The court also ordered disciplinary proceedings against erring police personnel and directed the DGP to send case records to the CBI within a week.
The court was hearing a petition by Sai Krishna's mother, Gade Vijaya Lakshmi, who had sought a CBI probe after expressing lack of faith in the police investigation. The case was previously being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted by the state government. The SIT had filed a chargesheet against suspended Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju and six others. The HC bench held that the material established custodial violence and death, and that the possibility of institutional bias warranted an independent CBI probe.
Former chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy welcomed the order, calling it a 'slap in the face of the Chandrababu Naidu government'. The CBI has been directed to register a case immediately and entrust the investigation to a senior officer.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The South First and Times of India frame the transfer to the CBI as a judicial response to institutional failure, noting the SIT's failure to name the Police Commissioner in its chargesheet and the replacement of CCTV hard disks. Telangana Today leads with the mother's lack of faith in the police and quotes Jagan Mohan Reddy's sharp criticism of the Naidu government. The difference is one of political distance: the South First and Times of India report the order as a legal development, while Telangana Today foregrounds opposition attack. All three outlets agree on the core facts, including the Rs 25 lakh compensation and the four-week deadline. The balanced reading is that the court found grounds for an independent probe, and the political reaction follows predictable lines. The CBI must now register a case and assign a senior officer to the investigation.
Coverage: 3 sources, 3 neutral
Sources (3): thesouthfirst.com (neutral report), telanganatoday.com (neutral report), timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
