Celebrity fashion designer Prathyusha Garimella found dead in Hyderabad

New Delhi, Jun 11: Hyderabad-based fashion designer Prathyusha Garimella was found dead at her residence in Banjara Hills, Telangana, according to the police.

Reportedly, police have seized a carbon monoxide cylinder from her bedroom. A case is being registered under the section of suspicious death.

The 36-year-old woman was found motionless in the washroom by her family members, who informed police.

In a purported suicide note, she mentioned that no one is responsible for her extreme step and that she was feeling lonely and stressed, they said.

The fashion designer is suspected to have ended her life by inhaling some poisonous chemicals and the matter needs to be probed, police added. A case under Section 174 (police to enquire and report on suicide, etc.) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was registered.

According to ANI, she had studied in the UK for her master's following which she joined her father's business - LED manufacturing company. However, soon she felt that she wasn't cut out for the job and that her interests were somewhere elsewhere.

Prathyusha, then started a fashion studio in Banjara Hills with her own label named Prathyusha Garimella, and had top clients from Tollywood, Bollywood and also from other sectors.