Hyderabad, Oct 27 (IANS): Four days after the death of Telangana's former Home Minister and senior Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Nayini Narasimha Reddy, his wife too passed away on Monday.

Nayini Ahalya (68) breathed her last at Apollo Hospital, where her husband died on October 22. He was 76.

The couple was undergoing treatment at the private hospital for health complications post their recovery from Covid-19.

Family members had brought Ahalya in an ambulance to her residence so that she could see him for the last time.

The second death in four days plunged Narasimha Reddy's family into gloom. The couple is survived by a son and daughter.

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao expressed his deep condolences on the demise of Nayini Ahalya. He prayed to God to rest the deceased soul in peace.

The CM conveyed his condolences to members of the bereaved family.

Narasimha Reddy has served as a minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2006 in the Congress-led coalition government.

After the formation of Telangana state in 2014, Chandrasekhar Rao inducted him in his cabinet as the Home Minister.