30-year-old Soundarya married in 2018, was a doctor at MS Ramaiah Hospital in Bengaluru
BENGALURU:
Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s grand daughter Soundarya VY committed suicide by hanging herself on Friday at her flat on Cunningham Road.
Thirty-year-old Soundarya’s body has been shifted to Bowring Hospital. Soundarya is the daughter of Yediyurappa’s daughter Padmavati.
She had been working as a doctor at MS Ramaiah Hospital. She was married in 2018 to Dr Neeraj S and had a child.
This morning, Neeraj left for duty while she was at home.
The matter came to light when the maid came to the house and knocked at the door repeatedly but there was no response. So, she informed Dr. Neeraj who, too, called on his wife’s phone, yet there was no response, the police said adding that the door was broken open and the body was shifted for a post-mortem.
On learning this, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, some Ministers and senior BJP functionaries rushed to Yediyurappa’s house to console the bereaved family, BJP sources said.
The cause of death is yet to be ascertained. The High Grounds police are investigating the case.
ಇದನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ: ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗಳು ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy called up Yediyurappa over the phone and conveyed their condolences, sources close to Yediyurappa said.
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress State president D K Shivakumar expressed grief over the untimely death of Soundarya and prayed to God to give strength to the family to bear the loss.
The sources said Soundarya’s last rites were performed in Neeraj’s farmhouse in the city.
