Sasikala jail bribery case: IPS officer Roopa sued by Ex-DGP for Rs 20 cr

The two officers were locked in a public spat over the bribery charge

A retired top police official has filed a Rs 20 crore defamation suit against senior police officer D Roopa for bringing him under a cloud of bribery allegations over "preferential" treatment given to jailed AIADMK leader V K Sasikala in the central prison here.

In a report submitted in July to the then DGP (Prisons) H N Sathyanarayana Rao, Roopa as Deputy Inspector of General (Prisons) had said there was "a talk" that Rs two crore had exchanged hands to give "preferential treatment" for Sasikala and that there were bribery allegations against him also.

Rao had rubbished the charge by Roopa, terming