Tollywood director Raj Aditya Thambi committed suicide on Saturday by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in room No. 305 at Hotel Basera in Secunderabad.

According to sources, Raj was staying in the hotel for the last one week.

The sources also said that Raj had been visiting the city often for the last seven months ever since the shooting of his latest Telugu flick, ‘‘Malli Malli’’ began. The movie was scheduled for release on Saturday,