Congress MP from Vijayawada, Lagadapati Rajagopal, who was admitted to a hospital after being brought from a hunger strike site over the Telangana issue, walked out of the room on Sunday night.

The MP's supporters facilitated his 'escape' by preventing the 300-odd police team camped there.

He was confined in the Government General Hospital here for the last three days and was insistent that he be admitted to the NIMS Hospital in Hyderabad, police said.

Around 10.30 pm, he walked out of the room and got into a waiting car as hundreds of Congress workers mobbed the 300-odd police personnel and facilitated his exit from the hospital. Police have launched a search for the MP.

The lawmaker has been on an indefinite hunger strike for the last eight days in protest against the proposed bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. He was forcibly evicted from the camp three days ago and shifted to the hospital.

He had refused to take any medical help though doctors said his condition was deteriorating. He wanted to be shifted to NIMS for better treatment.

State Human Rights Commission also had directed that he be shifted to NIMS immediately.

However, the state government did not comply with the SHRC order as it feared that his admission to NIMS might cause a law and order problem in the state capital in the wake of protests by Telangana supporters.

Krishna district administration wanted to shift the MP to NRI Hospital at Mangalagiri, 15 kms away from here, sources said.