The mortal remains of 31-year-old Mumbai beautician Sadhana Patel, whose decomposed body was recovered from the Seine river near Paris on April 4, is set to arrive in India on Saturday. The handful of belongings she had will also be sent along with the body. mid-day had, in a series of reports, highlighted the mystery surrounding Patel’s death and the struggles faced by her family in Ahmedabad to get her body. 

The body, packed in a wooden coffin, took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in an Air India flight on Friday at 8.25 pm and is set to land at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi at 8.05 am on Saturday. The corpse will then be brought to Ahmedabad airport by Saturday evening to be handed over to Patel’s family.