Folk singer, separate Telangana State activist and Telangana Warehousing Corporation Chairman V. Sai Chander (39), known as Saichand, passed away in Hyderabad on June 29 morning due to cardiac arrest. Saichand is survived by his wife, son and daughter.
According to sources, Saichand, along with his family members, went to his farmhouse at Karukonda in the Nagarkurnool district and spent the day there on June 28. Late in the night, he complained of chest pain and was taken to a hospital at Nagarkurnool and then to Care Hospital at Hyderabad, where the doctors declared him “brought dead”.
Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao expressed profound shock over the sudden demise of Saichand, stating that his untimely death was very painful. The Chief Minister added that Saichand’s role during the Telangana cultural movement will remain immortal.