Sridevi’s funeral today

Mumbai/Dubai: Sridevi is making her final journey home after Dubai Prosecutor’s Office ruled out any foul play in her death and released the body to her family. 

Family members, including her film-maker husband Boney Kapoor and stepson Arjun Kapoor, took the body from the morgue, got it embalmed and flew to Mumbai on a private plane that had been parked at the Dubai airport since Sunday. The Embraer jet, owned by industrialist Anil Ambani, landed in Mumbai at 10 pm, and the cremation is scheduled on Wednesday around 3.30 pm.

In its statement, the family said Sridevi's body will be kept at the Celebration Sports Club in Lokhandwala near her home for people to pay their last respects from 9:30 am to 12.30 pm on Wednesday before it is taken for cremation. 

The family said media can also pay their respects "provided camera, recording devices, etc are left outside the venue". "The last journey will commence at 2pm from the Celebration Sports Club to Vile Parle Seva Samaj Crematorium and Hindu Cemetery," it said. 

On Saturday night, Sridevi drowned in the bathtub of room number 2201 at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel in Dubai. Known as Indian cinema's first woman superstar, Sridevi leaves behind her husband Boney Kapoor and their two daughters Jahnvi and Khushi. 

The official Twitter account of Dubai Police on Monday dropped the word “accidental” from the actor’s death case. Earlier, the forensic report cover letter had said the reason for death was “accidental drowning.” The Dubai Police had also recorded the statement of Sridevi’s producer husband Boney Kapoor.