Dubai Police close case on death of Bollywood star Sridevi

This file photo taken on December 17, 2012 shows Indian Bollywood actress Sridevi (2nd L) with her husband Boney Kapoor (L) and daughters Khushi (2nd R) and Jhanvi Kapoor (R), posing during the unveiling of the latest Indian edition of People magazine in Mumbai. (AFP)

DUBAI: An investigation into the death of Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor, who drowned in her bathtub in a Dubai hotel, has been closed, police said Tuesday.
“The Dubai public prosecutor’s officer has decided to release the body of Indian actress Sridevi to her family today (Tuesday) after the investigation into the incident was concluded and the case closed,” read a tweet by the Dubai police.
The Bollywood star lost consciousness and drowned in the bathtub of her hotel apartment in Dubai, a postmortem examination has found.
Sridevi, 54, died on Saturday night. She was visiting Dubai to attend a family wedding with her husband, the film producer and director Boney Kapoor, and their daughter Khushi. The family said initially she had suffered a cardiac arrest.