FRIENDS and family of tragic hoax nurse Jacintha Saldanha have gathered in a church in southern India for her funeral.
Jacintha's coffin, wrapped in sackcloth, was towed by a tractor yesterday after a flight from the UK.
Grieving husband Benedict Barboza, daughter Lisha, 14, and son Junal, 16, were mobbed by crowds amid tearful scenes as they arrived in Mangalore with the coffin.
Jacintha, 46, killed herself after taking a hoax call by two Aussie DJs. The pranksters, pretending to be royals inquiring after the Duchess of Cambridge, were blamed in a note by Jacintha, it was claimed yesterday.
Grief ... Junal Saldanha, centre, and sister Lisha, right
AFP
Her coffin was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a local hospital, followed by her family. They will travel ten miles today for the funeral at Benedict?s ancestral village of Shirva.
Extra police have been drafted in as up to 5,000 mourners are expected. Indian-born Jacintha?s death near London?s King Edward VII hospital on December 7 sparked protests in her home country.
Tragic ... hoaxed nurse Jacintha Saldanha
Students demonstrated at the British High Commission in New Delhi on Saturday, claiming she was ?harassed?.
Her children described the ?unfillable void? in their lives during a mass at Westminster Cathedral at the weekend. The inquest has been adjourned to March.
t.morgan@the-sun.co.uk
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