Hyderabad: Film producer Ashok Reddy arrested in Kondapalli Sravani death case

HYDERABAD: SR Nagar police on Wednesday arrested Telugu film producer Ashok Reddy in connection with the suicide case of TV actor Kondapalli Sravani, who hanged herself on September 8.
SR Nagar police said that Ashok Reddy was in a relationship with Sravani. Two other accused, Sai Krishna Reddy and Devaraj Reddy, were arrested on Monday and sent to judicial custody.

Before the actor committed suicide, she had called up the accused, Devaraja Reddy, and informed him that she is going to commit suicide due to the alleged harassment by him and two others— Sai Krishna Reddy and Ashok Reddy.After the conversation, she went to the washroom and hanged herself.
In 2018, Sravani had broken up with Sai Krishna Reddy. Police said that Sravani had come in contact with Ashok Reddy during the making of the film ‘Premato Karthik’ and added that Ashok supported Sravani and her family members financially.
“Later, when her relationship got strained with Ashok Reddy later, Sravani came in contact with Devaraja Reddy, in 2019 and the two began an affair. When Devaraja Reddy came to know about Sravani’s previous affairs with Sai Krishna Reddy and Ashok Reddy, he decided to part ways. Devaraja also rejected her proposal due to her previous affairs,” police said.
On September 7, Devaraja Reddy picked up Sravani at Azeez Nagar, where she was shooting. “They went to a hotel to have dinner but ran into Sai Krishna Reddy. Sai Krishna reportedly assaulted Devaraja. When Sravani intervened, he slapped her and forcibly took her to his residence. Subsequently, she committed suicide on September 8. The film producer was produced before the local magistrate,” police said.