Playback singer Harini Rao’s father found dead on railway tracks in Bengaluru
The Hindu
Telugu playback singer Harini Rao’s father, A.K. Rao, was found dead on the railway tracks between Yelahanka and Rajanakunte in Bengaluru on November 22. The Bengaluru Rural Railway police have regist
Telugu playback singer Harini Rao’s father, A.K. Rao, was found dead on the railway tracks between Yelahanka and Rajanakunte in Bengaluru on November 22.
The Bengaluru Rural Railway police have registered a case of murder and are probing the death after the singer alleged that Rao was murdered.
Rao along with Harini and other family members were residing at Srinagar Colony in Hyderabad. A loco pilot on the Nanded Express spotted the body and alerted the Yelahanka station master.
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