IPS trainee arrested in sexual harassment case that rocked National Police Academy

2 min readHyderabadJul 29, 2026 04:35 AM IST Both the complainant and the accused were probationers at the National Police Academy (NPA) in Hyderabad. (File Photo)Hyderabad police have taken trainee IPS officer M Uday Krishna Reddy into custody for allegedly sexually harassing another IPS trainee, senior officers said. Both the complainant and the accused were probationers at the National Police Academy (NPA) in Hyderabad. Reddy was a constable with the Andhra Pradesh Police before he resigned from service in 2019 and cracked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination. His journey from constable to IPS had made the news when he cracked the UPSC in 2024, and he had been congratulated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.A complaint by the woman IPS trainee allege