Former Andhra Pradesh intelligence chief and IPS officer PSR Anjaneyulu, who was among three top officers suspended last year in connection with the alleged wrongful confinement of a Mumbai-based actor, was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
Anjaneyulu was suspended on September 16 last year, along with former Vijayawada police commissioner Kranti Rana Tata and former Vijayawada deputy commissioner Vishal Gunni, for alleged wrongful arrest and confinement of Kadambari Jethwani. They were suspended under rule 3(1) of the All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969.
Anjaneyulu, who was DG of intelligence, is also under investigation by Guntur district police after former YSR Congress Party MP and now Deputy Speaker K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju lodged an attempt murder complaint in July last year, alleging that after he was arrested on May 14, 2021 in Hyderabad, he was taken to the CID office at Guntur, where Anjaneyulu, former CID chief P V Sunil Kumar and other officials allegedly manhandled him. He alleged that he was assaulted with belts and lathis and that he was also prevented from taking the medication prescribed after a heart surgery four months earlier.
The actor Jethwani had also lodged a complaint in the first week of August, alleging that the three IPS officers acted in haste after YSRCP leader and film producer K V Vidyasagar Rao made accusations of forgery and extortion against her.
In her complaint, Jethwani alleged that police arrested her and her father and brought them to Vijayawada, where they were kept confined for three days before being produced in court. The court subsequently granted them bail after 40 days in jail.
She alleged that both of them were subject to mental torture by the police officers.
The Andhra Pradesh Police chief ordered a probe after getting her complaint. The three IPS officers were suspended based on the probe.
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According to the probe report, IPS officers Kranthi Rana Tata and Vishal Gunni proceeded to arrest the actor allegedly on the direction of Anjaneyulu even before producer Vidyasagar Rao had lodged a formal police complaint.
Acting on oral instructions, the officers allegedly travelled to Mumbai and arrested her on February 2, without any written orders or sufficient evidence, the probe report said.
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