Dubai The bodies of the five-year-old girl and the father who was found hanging in their apartment last month were cremated yesterday, Gulf News has learnt.
Relatives of the victims said the bodies had been flown to India yesterday from Dubai.
The mother, who was found in her apartment with her wrists slashed in an apparent suicide bid — along with the bodies of her husband Rijesh Nambiar and their daughter Avantika — is still hosptalised. As Gulf News exclusively reported Tuesday, she will soon be discharged from hospital.
Sreesha Nambiar, 30, was placed in psychiatric care at Rashid Hospital following the gruesome events that unfolded last month, leaving her the sole survivor of the family.
On January 14, Avantika and her father Rijesh Nambiar, 32, were found dead in their single-bedroom apartment in Bur Dubai behind Al Musalla Tower.
Legal procedure
"Their bodies were kept at their home for about an hour and then were cremated around 7.30am UAE time," a relative said.
According to the relative, the mother is cleared of any involvement in her child's death. However, the police said that the case has been referred to public prosecutor. The mother was found with wounds on her neck and wrist and was hospitalised by the police.
The procedure to discharge Sreesha from the hospital will be initiated soon sources told Gulf News on Sunday.
However, whenever a police investigation is involved, such as in criminal cases or traffic accidents, the police are first notified before the patient is discharged, the source, who declined to be named, said.
The police may visit the patient to take a statement, take him or her into custody or even ask the person to visit the police station concerned, depending on the nature of the case.
Physical wounds
"What should I say? I don't know," Sreesha told Gulf News, speaking to the media for the first time after the incident.
Her physical wounds have healed, she said, adding that her relatives are looking after her.
Hospital staff said Sreesha claims to not remember anything that happened. "She told her relatives that the last thing she remembers is going to sleep the night before."
