Ravi Teja Brother Bharath Killed In Road Accident On ORR 

Hyderabad: Actor Ravi Teja's brother Bhupatiraju Bharath Raju died after his car crashed into a stationary lorry at Kotwalguda on the city outskirts late Saturday night.

Originally hailed from Kakinada and the first of Ravi Teja's two younger brothers, Bharath(52) also acted in a few films but was more into controversies involving drugs and sex rackets.

Bharath' speeding red color Skoda Octavia car (TS09 EC 0799) crashed into a stationary lorry at Kotwalguda in Shamshabad mandal at around 10pm and his entire body was smashed with the impact. The speedometer shows 145kmph, the speed at which he was driving the car at the time of accident. The front portion of the car was completely damaged.

Police later recovered a bottle of Grey Goose vodka from the car. The car was registered on Ravi Teja’s mother Rajyalakshmi’s name.

Bharath was driving the car and he was alone. He was proceeding towards Gachibowli from Shamshabad on the Outer Ring Road. As his face was completely disfigured the police could not identify the victim till Sunday morning. A post-mortem is being conducted on his body at Osmania General Hospital.

Later in the day, Bharath was cremated at Mahaprasthanam crematorium at Jubilee Hills. However, except for his younger brother Raghu, none of his family members attended the funeral.

Ravi Teja did not respond on his brother’s death and his mother refused to see the body of her deceased son. According to one of his friends, Bharath was living in a flat at Khairatabad all alone.