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8 Oct 2012

Asha Bhosle s daughter Varsha commits suicide

Updated :   Monday  October  8 , 2012  1:12:54 PM
 
 Varsha Bhosle, the daughter of playback singer Asha Bhosle, has committed suicide by shooting herself, reports said. Varsha was a political columnist and journalist based in Mumbai.

Varsha has herself had a playback singing career in Hindi and Marathi movies. Asha Bhosle is currently in Singapore to attend MIFTA awards (Marathi Culture awards).

Varsha was in her mid-50s and had allegedly attempted suicide earlier.

According to initial reports, Varsha had shot herself in the head but it was not revealed where she had obtained the weapon from.

She reportedly shot herself at the singer’s residence ‘Prabhu Kunj’ in Peddar Road, the same building in which singer Lata Mangeshkar also lives.

She was  married to and divorced from freelance sports writer Hemant Kenkre and reportedly had a history of depression.

In 2008, she had atttempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills but had been rushed to hospital and subsequently saved.

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