Deleting a Row in DataGridView by keypress e.keychar = (char)keys.Delete

I have a datagridview which i dynamically populate the rows. After i selected a row and press the "delete" key on my keyboard I want to delete the selected row(s). Is this achievable? I tried the conditon "if (e.KeyChar == (char)Keys.Delete)" within gridview_KeyPress event but the actual pressing of the "delete" key is not caught...... please help

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