Former MLA Gattu Bheemudu is dead

Former TRS MLA from Gadwal in Telangana Gattu Bheemudu died at a government hospital here Wednesday following brief illness, the ruling party sources said. Bheemudu (64) was elected MLA in 1999 from Gadwal near Mahabubngar.

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and TRS working president K T Rama Rao expressed grief on the demise of Bheemudu. Rao would attend the funeral of Bheemudu at the latter's native village near Gadwal Thursday, the sources added..