Robin Levinson King and Kumuda Shetty

Hindu funeral rites: She would have liked to embrace him, hold him close and tell him that she was proud of the life he had built for himself in Canada, and how he had supported his family back in India, according to Toronto Star. Instead, when the two were finally reunited on April 30 in his hometown of Mangalore, she rubbed his body with saffron, one of the first steps in Hindu funeral rites. By Robin Levinson King Staff Reporter Thu., May 26, 2016 It had been five years since Kumuda Shetty had last seen her son Sudesh. On April 14, Toronto police found Sudesh dead of an apparent drug overdose, according to his family. The last time Kumuda spoke to her son, on April 10, she says he seemed happy. Although little else is known about the details surrounding his death, police say the death is not suspicious. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.