At around 4.30 am, the wife found that the Pradeep had locked himself inside the room and was not responding either to phone calls or repeated knocking of door. "I and my brother Shravan, we forcefully opened the door and found that Pradeep was hanging. Immediately we tried to bring him down and in the process his body slipped from my hand and he fell down. Subsequently I went inside the wash room and started crying. He also acted as a junior artiste in some Tollywood movies and his wife Pavani is also a small time actress.

Source: Times of India May 03, 2017 11:15 UTC