TDP founder NTR's daughter Uma Maheshwari found hanging at her residence in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Aug 01: TDP founder and ex-Andhra Chief Minister NT Rama Rao's daughter, Uma Maheshwari was reportedly found hanging at her residence in Hyderabad. She was 57.

Maheswari's daughter, son-in-law and others broke open the door of the bedroom which was bolted from inside after failing to get a response from her, a police official said.

They found her hanging from the ceiling fan, he added. Police shifted the body to a local government hospital for postmortem, as per news agency ANI. Citing preliminary information, the official said she is suspected to have resorted to the extreme step over depression.

A case is being registered U/s 174 CrPC (Police to enquire & report on suicide), further probe is on.

The deceased was the youngest among 12 children of NT Rama Rao, who was popularly known as NTR, and the youngest of four sisters.

Former Union Minister and BJP leader Daggubati Purandeswari and Nara Bhuwaneswari, who is TDP President and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's wife, are her sisters.

The news of her death has been informed to brother and popular actor and TDP legislator N Balakrishna and other family members who live abroad, sources informed news agency IANS.