Ongole (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 26 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Police arrested retired senior police officer Vijay Paul on Tuesday in connection with the alleged custodial torture case of K Raghurama Krishna Raju during the erstwhile YSRCP regime.

Raju is the current Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly, who was briefly arrested in May 2021 during the Covid-19 second wave when he was serving as the Narasapuram MP for allegedly abusing the then Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.

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During Raju's arrest, Paul served as a CID assistant superintendent of police (ASP) and allegedly played a role in the "custodial torture" of the former YSRCP MP.

Raju later quit YSRCP and joined TDP.

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"He (Vijay Paul) will be produced before a local court in Guntur tomorrow (Wednesday). After he is remanded to judicial custody we will seek police custody for further questioning," Prakasam district superintendent of police A R Damodar told PTI.

After the new TDP-led NDA government was sworn in June, Raju, who entered the Assembly as a TDP MLA representing the Undi Assembly constituency, lodged cases against officials and the former CM, alleging that he was tortured in custody and also for "attempting to murder him".

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