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Suicide for cause of Telangana

Staff Reporter

— PHOTOs: Mohd. Arif & NAGARA GOPAL

Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA T. Harish Rao paying homage to Eshan Reddy, who committed suicide in Sangareddy on Saturday. (Right) TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao, former Union Minister Ch. Vidyasagar Rao and MLA T. Harish Rao console family members.

SANGAREDDY: It was not a normal morning for P. Indrasena Reddy and Sarojanamma of Basantapoor, or for that matter the people of the village located in Nyalakal mandal of Medak district, some 30 km from Zaheerabad, the constituency being represented by Andhra Pradesh Information Minister J. Geeta Reddy.

In the early hours of Saturday, the villagers woke to the tragic news that Eshan Reddy, son of Mr. Indrasena Reddy, committed suicide for the cause of Telangana. Hearing the news, Mr. Indrasena Reddy rushed to Hyderabad. The bereaved couple's second son, Sravankumar Reddy, was also studying at Hyderabad.

Both Sravankumar and Eshan were staying at Ibrahimpatnam in a rented room. Sravankumar is pursuing his engineering graduation.

Sources claimed that Eshan said he would commit suicide if Pradesh Congress Committee president D. Srinivas was defeated in the byelections. As Mr. Srinivas lost, Eshan resorted to the extreme step, they said.

Late in the evening, Indrasena Reddy reached the village with the body of Eshan.

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