Vivekananda Reddy found dead in Andhra
CASE FILED Police announce formation of SIT after family, YSR Congress allege foul play
KADAPA: YS Vivekananda Reddy (68), former Lok Sabha member and uncle of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress (YSRC) president YS Jaganmohan Reddy, reportedly died of a cardiac arrest at his house in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district on Friday.
On a complaint by his personal assistant, the police registered a case of unnatural death under section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and took up investigations. The personal assistant, Krishna Reddy, said Vivekananda Reddy had head injuries.
Vivekananda Reddy was younger brother of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and uncle of YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
He is survived by his wife and a d a ught e r . The b o d y was shifted for autopsy at a local government hospital.
The former MP, who was alone at his house, was found dead in a pool of blood in the bathroom when Krishna Reddy al ong wit h t he housemaid entered the house from the rear door after there was no response to the knocks on the main door. As the rear door was open, the family suspected foul play.
Andhra Pradesh police on Friday formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe Vivekananda’s death. He was found dead at his home in Kadapa district under suspicious circumstances.
Kadapa district superintendent of police Rahul Dev Sharma announced the formation of an SIT headed by additional superintendent of police Lakshminarayana.
Sharma s ai d s e r vi c e s of forensic experts were being used for the investigation. The investigators gathered clues from the scene with the help of t he Cl ues Team a nd a d o g squad.
Leaders of YSR Congress expressed doubts over the cause of death and demanded a thorough probe. They said he was f i ne t i l l Thursday and had participated in the election campaigning.
Vivekananda Reddy was elected from Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency on a Congress party ticket in 1999 and 2004. He was twice elected to the Andhra Pradesh assembly (1989, 1994) from Pulivendula, a family stronghold.
He was also elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council in 2009 and served as agriculture minister in the Kiran Kumar Reddy cabinet.
He remained loyal to the Congress when Jaganmohan Reddy raised a banner of revolt against the party for not picking him as the successor of his father and chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy following his death in a helicopter crash in 2009.
Jagan Reddy had alleged that Congress tried to engineer a split in the family by making Vivekananda a minister. The young leader subsequently floated the YSR Congress party, which Vivekananda subsequently joined.
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