BJP MP and former Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya's 21-year-old son Vaishnav died of a heart attack on Wednesday. Vaishnav was pursuing his MBBS and was in the second year of the course.
He complained of chest pain at midnight and was immediately rushed to Gurunanaka Care Hospital in Musheerabad where he breathed his last. He was declared dead at 12.30 am on Wednesday. Reports said that Bandaru Dattatreya, who is himself a cardiac patient, was informed of his son's death only in the morning.
Senior political leaders in Hyderabad rushed to the hospital on confirmation of Vaishnav's death, stated media reports.
Bandaru Dattatreya is a sitting MP from Secunderabad and a two-time Union minister. He was the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment from 2014 to 2017. Bandaru Dattatreya was also the Union Minister of State for Railways from 2002 to 2004.