MUMBAI: In a shocking incident, Bangalore based Opus bar and restaurant owner Gina Braganza died in the wee hours of Saturday after an accidental fall from her fourth floor apartment terrace.

With a vision to provide a platform for independent musicians, the 39-year-old restaurateur started Opus in Bangalore in December 2004. Early this year, she acquired Buddha Creek and named it as Opus in the Creek; she also acquired Soul in Pune and named it Opus Pune. She had dreamt of starting 100 branches of Opus in the country, in the next one year. Recently, she had organised �Opus Osho', a 10-day promotional programme in New Delhi. She successfully conducted such shows in Hyderabad, Goa and Delhi.

Creating an extension of her brand Opus, Gina also launched her own online radio station, myopusradio.com last year to play international music.

Police sources said over 20 people were present at the party at her apartment in Kensington road, Ulsoor. Around 2 am, Gina having consumed alcohol had climbed a fibre canopy between the apartment buildings. The canopy crumbled under her weight and she crashed to the ground and died on the spot. Ulsoor police rushed to the spot and registered a case of unnatural death.

Radioandmusic.com correspondent Anita Iyer had interviewed Gina in Pune, 15 days ago during the National Radio Meet organised by the Symbiosis Institute, in which Gina had spoken extensively about her plans. Click here to read the interview.

RIP, Gina.