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"Sirish  Bharadwaj, the former son-in-law of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, passed away on  Wednesday (June 19) at a hospital in Hyderabad.    The news was  announced by actor Sri Reddy on social media. Reddy also shared a photo of  Sirish with Chiranjeevi’s daughter Sreeja Konidela and their daughter Nivrithi.  The couple had divorced in 2014 after Sreeja accused Sirish of dowry harassment.      “(Chiranjeevi  ex alludu) Sirish Bharadwaj is no more..At least now Rest in peace raaa, Sirish  Bhardwaj everyone cheated on you raa,” Reddy posted on Facebook.     In another  post on X, she wrote “Rest in peace  sirish,” while sharing the same family photo on the platform.     Media reports  said Sirish was suffering from an illness and died while receiving treatment at  a private hospital in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.     Married in  2007, separated 8 yrs later    Sirish, then  22, and Sreeja, 19, had eloped in 2007 and got married at the Arya Samaj in  Hyderabad.     Following her  marriage, Sreeja had told the press that there is threat from her family’s side  to the couple as they went against their wishes and got married. She had also  sought police protection against her father.     Chiranjeevi had  filed a case of kidnapping claiming his daughter was a minor.     In 2008, Nivrithi  was born. However, in 2011, Sreeja accused Sirish of harassing her for dowry  and filed a police complaint against him. The pair divorced in 2014 following  which Sreeja mended ties with her family.     In 2016,  Sreeja got married to Kalyaan Dhev but the couple separated in 2022. They have  a daughter called Navishka.     "
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