According to the police, VG Siddhartha was last seen on the Netravati River bridge, where got down from his car and asked his driver to go ahead and wait.
The FIR was booked on Monday after Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) General Secretary Pradeep Kumar filed a complaint at a police station against Bhat for reporting on May 25 that Nikhil blamed former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda for his defeat in the Lok Sabha election.