Dubai: A chartered plane carrying the mortal remains of Bollywood diva Sridevi
took off last evening from here for Mumbai where film personalities and
fans were eagerly waiting to see her one last time.
The Embraer
aircraft belonging to Anil Ambani's ADAG group departed from Dubai at
around 7 pm (IST), a senior Mumbai airport official said. It landed in Mumbai at around 9.30 pm.
The mortal remains of
arguably the first woman superstar of the silver screen will be kept at
the Sports Club Garden in Lokhandvala Complex in the western suburb of
Andheri where people can pay their last respects from 9.30 am to 12.30
pm today.
The last rites will be held at 3.30 pm, according to a statement issued by her family.
Earlier, the Dubai Public Prosecutors Office, after a thorough
probe, "released" to the family the body of the 54-year-old actress, who
had died suddenly in the bathroom of a hotel here four days back. The
Dubai police said she accidentally drowned following loss of
consciousness.
Family members, including her filmmaker husband
Boney Kapoor and stepson Arjun Kapoor, accompanied the body from the
morgue to get it embalmed before heading for the Dubai airport on her
final journey home.
PTI
