Actor-politician NTR's son Nandamuri Harikrishna dies in road accident
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Former Rajya Sabha MP Nandamuri Harikrishna, the son of NT Rama Rao and brother-in-law of Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, died in a road accident in Telangana's Nalgonda district today. The 62-year-old was going to Kavali in AP's Nellore district to attend a wedding when his car rammed into the divider on the Nalgonda Highway and flipped on the other side. Here's more.
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Exact cause of death yet to be ascertained: Medical officer
"Harikrishna suffered severe head injury. Also we suspect internal bleeding. However, exact cause of the death is yet to be ascertained," Duty Medical Officer of Kamineni Hospitals at Narkatpally, Ameer Khan said.
Like father, Like son
Harikrishna was also an actor-politician like his father
Following his father's legacy, Harikrishna was an actor and had acted in several Telugu movies. His sons, Kalyanram and Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as Junior NTR, are also famous Telugu stars. In 2014, Harikrishna's other son Janakiram had died in a road accident in undivided Nalgonda district. Harikrishna had also served as a Minister in Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet in the late 1990s.
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Vice President expresses grief over Harikrishna's untimely demise
As a popular actor he has entertained the telugu audience. As a parliamentarian, he was very upright and expressed his opinions frankly . My condolences to his family, well wishers and followers at this time of grief.#NandamuriHarikrishna
— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) August 29, 2018
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Telangana CM also condoles the death of Harikrishna
Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao also expressed his condolences on the untimely demise of Harikrishna. The Chief Minister recalled the services of late Harikrishna in political and cinema fields.