By Ravi Velloor and P. Jayaram

Mumbai - For Ms Lo Hwei Yen, the journey home to Singapore began from a funeral parlour in Mumbai's Clare Street.

Yesterday, John Pinto International Services placed the body in a metal-lined coffin in preparation for the Singapore Airlines flight at midnight.

According to Mr Pinto, family members had instructed him to make sure she looked 'as normal as possible' in death.

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