Hyderabad: Speaker Kodela Siva Prasad Rao, former Andhra Pradesh assembly, committed suicide at his home in Hyderabad, police said today. Mr. Rao, 72, was one of Telugu Desam Party's senior leaders in the country.

He was taken to Basavatarakam Hospital where his death was confirmed by doctors. After Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation to create Telangana, Mr Rao became Speaker in 2014.