# Jagan hails court order in custodial death case

> The YSRCP leader welcomes a High Court ruling that transfers the Sai Krishna investigation to the CBI and orders compensation.
- Title: Jagan hails court order in custodial death case · The Hindu
- Summary: The YSRCP leader welcomes a High Court ruling that transfers the Sai Krishna investigation to the CBI and orders compensation. Andhra Pradesh's High Court…
- Keywords: gade sai krishna, custodial death, andhra pradesh high court, central bureau of investigation, y.s. jagan mohan reddy, chandrababu naidu, vijayawada police, ysrcp, news, politics, Jagan, hails
- Source: The Hindu — https://thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/jagan-welcomes-hc-judgement-in-sai-krishna-custodial-death-case/article71595345.ece
- Author: V. Raghavendra
- Published: 2026-10-17T07:07:58+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: gade sai krishna, custodial death, andhra pradesh high court, central bureau of investigation, y.s. jagan mohan reddy, chandrababu naidu, vijayawada police, ysrcp, news, politics
## Court orders CBI takeover
The Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the state government to hand over the Gade Sai Krishna custodial death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation and pay twenty five lakh rupees compensation to his mother…
## Jagan calls ruling a rebuke
YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy welcomed the judgment in a social media post, describing it as a slap in the face to the Chandrababu Naidu government and alleging the capital city police committed a…

> a slap in the face
## Party demands full investigation
The YSRCP has been demanding a CBI investigation and a comprehensive probe into the role of higher officials, including the Director General of Police and Vijayawada Police Commissioner, in the incident.
## Jagan accuses government of cover-up
The former Chief Minister alleged that Chandrababu Naidu should have ensured an independent investigation but instead the government set up a Special Investigation Team under its control to suppress the facts.
## CBI must determine full responsibility
Jagan said the CBI must bring out the full facts and clearly determine responsibility so that everyone involved in the crime could be brought to justice, and the SIT should not become a shield to…
## Key takeaway

Andhra Pradesh's High Court ordered the state to hand over the Gade Sai Krishna custodial death case to the CBI and pay twenty five lakh rupees compensation, which YSRCP leader Jagan Mohan Reddy called a rebuke of the Chandrababu Naidu government.