India, June 28 -- Popular Telugu television news channel anchor and poet Swetcha Votarkar (40) died under suspicious circumstances at her residence in Jawaharnagar in Chikkadpally on Friday night, the police said on Saturday.

According to Chikkadpally police inspector Raju Naik said they had received a call from the Swetcha's neighbours at around 9.30 pm about the incident. "When we entered her room, she was found hanging from the ceiling fan," Naik said.

An ambulance was called immediately and the paramedic staff confirmed her death, he said, adding that she might have died by suicide due to family problems.

The police called in the clues team, and collected evidence. "No suicide has been found till now. A case of suspicious death was...