Chandrababu Naidu to participate in nephew’s funeral today

Tirupati: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s nephew Udayakumar (43) died of cardiac arrest in Hyderabad, Friday. According to sources here, Udayakumar, who suffered stroke on Thursday evening was taken to Care Hospital in Hyderabad, where he breathed last on Friday morning. The body of Udayakumar was brought to Kandulavaripalli near Naravaripalli, 20 km from here this evening. 

He is the son of Hymavathi, younger sister of Naidu. The funeral will take place in Kandulavaripalli on Saturday. Panchayat Raj and IT Minister Nar Lokesh along with his spouse Brahmani reached here this evening and drove to Kandulavaripalle to pay respects to the mortal remains of Udaykumar. 

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be reaching Tirupati on Saturday to participate in the funeral. Official sources said that the CM, who will arrive here at 9 am will proceed to Kandulavaripalli and return after the funeral at 2 pm Saturday.