Tension gripped different parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the arrest of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at Nandyal on Saturday.
Scores of TDP leaders including party Polit Bureau member Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy, Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, his brother Kotamreddy Giridhar Reddy and Kondepi MLA Dola Bala Veeranjaneya swamy and Ongole Lok Sabha unit President N. Balaji were placed under house arrest as TDP activists staged protests sporadically across the region. Mr. Sridhar Reddy had a heated argument with the police who entered his house without showing notice for his arrest.