Pradeep Kumar suicide: His wife Pavani Reddy reveals reason for extreme step

TV actress Pavani Reddy has opened up on the death of Pradeep Kumar and said a small misunderstanding between the couple led him to commit suicide on Wednesday morning.

TV actor Pradeep Kumar committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Hyderabad in the wee hours of Wednesday. The news about his extreme step came as rude shock for many in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Hours after his death, Pavani Reddy, who was recently married to Pradeep, spoke to the media and said that it was small misunderstanding between the two that forced him to take extreme step.

Speaking to the media, Pavani Reddy said, "I had conversation with Pradeep before he committed suicide. A small misunderstanding arose out of the conversation. Every couple faces this kind of situation. We have had even bigger disputes than this one, but he had never taken such an extreme step. His suicide was a big shock for me too as the misunderstanding was not such a big deal."

Pavani Reddy narrated: "I returned home from the shooting at 11.00 pm. I spoke to Pradeep



about a birthday party. He was happy and attended it gladly. But he was damned tired and angry with something. He was telling me that he was suffering from severe headache due to the hectic work. After that he started drinking a lot and I have never seen him drink so much."

The actress said he was talking to his brother Shravan and she was sitting beside him on the sofa. "When Pradeep was saying something, I was attending to some other work. This led to an argument and I went inside the washroom and started crying. Pradeep knocked the door and smashed a glass pane when I did not open the door. My brother Shravan applied the medicine to his injured hand," Pavani Reddy added.

So she left him alone and went to another room, while her brother went out. She slept on the chair in another room. She woke up at 4.30 am and went to wake up Pradeep, as he was to attend early morning shoot. He was found hanging. She immediately called his brother and with his help, she tried to rush Pradeep to a nearby hospital, where he was announced brought dead.