Tension prevailed at the Sadum mandal of Punganur Assembly constituency in Chittoor district, after the Telugu Desam Party leaders complained to the police and the election officials, alleging that about 15 of their activists, including five polling agents, were abducted by the YSR Congress Party cadres on May 13 morning.
According to information, five polling agents of the TDP along with ten other party cadres were proceeding to the polling booth at Booragamanda village in the mandal, when the YSRCP cadres reportedly accosted them and whisked them away in their private vehicles towards Piler in the Annamayya district.
The TDP cadres alleged that the abducted partymen were abandoned at the outskirts of Piler, 25 km away from Sadum, with a warning that they should stay away from reaching the polling station till afternoon. A special police party was deployed to look into the complaint.
