Daughter of known playback singer Asha Bhosle, Varsha Bhosle, has ended her life committing suicide at her Mumbai residence on Monday. As per the buzz Varsha has shot herself with a licensed revolver at Mumbai's Peddar road-based residence Prabhu Kunj.

Soon after the incident police have rushed to the spot and the investigation is going on. No suicide note has been found from the spot yet. Varsha Bhosle had attempted suicide twice earlier in the past in 2008 and 2010.

56-year-old Varsha's first attempt for suicide was through consumption of overdose of sleeping pills. Divorcee Varsha was married to sports writer Hemant Kenkre. Varsha had worked as a columnist for The Sunday Observer between 1994 and 1998 and at Rediff between 1997 and 2003.

She had also made appearances on stage as a singer with her mother in few concerts. She had also sung songs in Hindi and Marathi movies. Asha Bhosle is currently in Singapore to attend MIFTA awards (Marathi Culture awards).

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Mumbai: Legendary singer Asha Bhosle’s daughter Varsha who was suffering from depression, committed suicide on Monday.

She shot herself in the head, police said. The incident occurred around 12.30 p.m.

A singer and columnist, Varsha, 56, shot herself in the temple with a pistol of Belgian make at her residence in 'Prabhu Kunj' apartments on posh Peddar Road in South Mumbai.

She has not left behind any suicide note, Additional Commissioner of Police (South) Krishna Prakash said, adding police are trying to find out in whose name the pistol was registered.

She was alone in the house at the time of the incident, police said.

Prakash said Varsha's maid servant Deepali Mane knocked on the door of Bhosle's house around 10 am but no one answered.

Worried, she contacted Asha Bhosle's driver who told her that Varsha might be sleeping. After some time the maid went to the flat again but nobody opened the door.

The driver then entered the flat through Asha's elder sister Lata Mangeshkar's adjacent flat and found Varsha lying in a pool of blood on a sofa. Police were called in and Varsha was taken to a nearby hospital where she was declared brought dead, the officer said.

Varsha had married a sports writer and public relations professional but the couple divorced in 1998, sources close to the family said.

Prakash said police had learnt that Varsha wanted to start an orphanage with famous fashion photographer Gautam Rajadakshya, who passed away last year.

Varsha, who was said to be very close to Rajadhyaksha, was distraught after his death and was under medication for depression.

Asha Bhosle, who is away in Singapore, has cut shot her stay and taken a flight back, sources close to the family said.

Meanwhile, the body has been taken to J J Hospital for post mortem, police said.

Varsha had attempted suicide in September 2008 by consuming a dangerously high dose of sleeping pills.

The Bhosle family had kept mum on the reason behind the suicide attempt then. But it is being believed that a private problem had been troubling Varsha for long.

(With PTI inputs)