Telugu Desam Party official spokesman in Andhra Pradesh Kommareddy Pattabhiram, whose “bhosdike” comment against YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy created an uproar in the state politics, has been missing for the last 24 hours.
Pattabhi was released from Rajahmundry Central Jail after being arrested by the police for abusing Jagan, following a high court order on Saturday.
But as he was returning to Vijayawada at around 6 pm, he suddenly disappeared from the scene at the Pottipadu toll gate.
According to his family members, Pattabhi went incommunicado after 8 pm and they are suspecting that he might have been arrested by the police in some other case.
In fact, soon after his release from jail, Pattabhi expressed apprehension that the police might arrest him again.
But the police denied such rumours and said they had not arrested him.
“Pattabhi had left in his own vehicle and we are not aware where he had gone,” they said.
On Sunday evening, the TDP leaders got a message that Pattabhi is safe at an undisclosed location and he had gone underground fearing that he might be arrested again by the police.
Since he is on a conditional bail, he cannot go anywhere and has to appear before the magistrate as and when he is required to do so.