Veteran actress Vanisri, who acted in several Telugu-language blockbusters in the monochrome era, is bereaved.  Her 36-year-old son Abinay Venkatesh Karthik, died in sleep last night.  Early reports say that the youngster had suffered a heart stroke.  

A doctor by profession at the Annapurna Medical College in Chennai, Abinay was known for his professionalism.  Married to a doctor and blessed with kids, Abinay was a healthy man.  

While early reports say that the man died of a heart stroke, some rumours have it that he committed suicide by hanging himself in the bathroom. This rumour is baseless in the absence of any police statement.  A pic of this alleged suicide is doing the rounds on the Internet and it could be a hoax.