An attempt to murder case has been filed against former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and two India Police Service (IPS) officers.

K Raghurama Krishna Raju, an MLA of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP), filed the first information report with the police, alleging "plotting" a criminal "conspiracy" against him.

The two IPS officers named in the alleged attempt to murder conspiracy are PV Sunil Kumar and PSR Sitaramanjaneyulu. Two more accused are retired police officer R Vijay Paul and former Guntur Government General Hospital superintendent G Prabhavat.

"Raju sent his police complaint through mail one month ago and after taking legal opinion, I registered a case at 7 pm on Thursday against the former chief minister and others," a police officer said.Mr Raju also alleged he was subjected to "custodial torture".

All the five accused in the case were charged under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as the allegations pointed to a case that happened three years ago.

Mr Raju, who was arrested in 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, alleged the former Chief Minister and the officials "plotted" a criminal "conspiracy" against him. 

"A false case was filed against me by the CB-CID of the Andhra Pradesh government. On May 14, 2021, I was arrested without due process, I was bullied, unlawfully physically pulled inside the police vehicle, and forcibly taken to Guntur the same night," Mr Raju alleged in the police complaint.

When Mr Raju was arrested, Mr Kumar was heading the CID, Mr Sitaramanjaneyulu the intelligence wing, Mr Paul was assistant superintendent of police CID and Mr Reddy was the Chief Minister