Woman techie killed in Sydney cremated

Karnataka-based IT professional Prabha Arun Kumar, who was stabbed to death in Australia, was on Sunday cremated amid poignant scenes at her native Amtoor.

Her husband Arun Kumar performed the last rites and lit the pyre after a large number people paid their tributes. Prabha’s daughter Meghana was also present.

“The final rites began at Amtoor by 5.30 pm and the body was cremated by 6.20 pm,” family sources said.

Earlier in the day, the body was kept at her home till 4 pm for the public to pay homage. Thousands of people came for a last glimpse of the IT consultant in her native village, about 40 km from Mangaluru.

Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister Ramanath Rai and health minister U.T. Khader were among those visited the house to offer condolences.

Prabha’s body was brought to Mangaluru this afternoon by a special flight from Bengaluru. The body was later taken in an ambulance to Amtoor for performing the final rites.

The body of the 41-year old Prabha arrived in Bengaluru last night by a Singapore Airlines flight. Prabha, sent to Australia on a three-year deputation by MindTree, was stabbed to death by an unidentified assailant while walking towards her home in Sydney at about 9.30 pm on March 7. She was talking with her husband over phone when the fatal attack took place.