Mangalore Diocese demands thorough probe into the death of Jacintha Saldanha

Mangalore Diocese demands thorough probe into the death of Jacintha Saldanha

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Dec 10, 2012: Mangalore Diocese has urged the London police to thoroughly investigate the case of the death of Mangalorean nurse Jacintha Saldahna who took a prank call about Prince William’s wife Kate on December 8, Friday.

Speaking at the press meet held at Bishop House on Dec 10, Monday, Ivan D’Souza said that the Diocese has also  urged the UK authorities to hand over the body  of Jacintha to her family.

 

 

 
He also said that Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead in the quarters of the King Edward VII Hospital on Friday morning – 48 hours after the broadcast of an early-morning prank call from two Australian DJs. 

Jacintha was born in Valencia in Mangalore and moved to Shirva of Udupi district after her marriage, Ivan said and added she  was not a person who would commit  suicide.

The London police had called her husband Benedict Barboza about her suicide after finding her body on the next day. This leads to suspicion among the family members of Jacintha and every Indian. The London police must investigate the case and the factors that led to her death, Ivan demanded.

Msgr. Denis Moras Prabhu Vicar General of Diocese of Mangalore said that the Mangalore Diocese has urged External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily and  former minister Oscar Fernandes to prevail upon the authorities in London to thoroughly investigate this case.
 
He said that according to the family, the London police have not even allowed her husband to make a telephonic call and also that the mortal remains of Jacintha was not even shown to her husband and children. The government of India need to take serious note of this, he added.
 
Fr Maxim Naronha, Marshall Monteiro and Leela Mathias were present at the press meet.

 

India awaiting report from HC in London on nurse’s death : External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid

New Delhi, Dec 10, 2012 PTI: India is awaiting a report from its mission in London on the alleged suicide by an Indian-origin nurse who transferred a hoax phone call that gave away information about the condition of pregnant Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, to Australian radio presenters.

"We don’t know enough about it...let’s wait and see what exactly has happened and why it happened," External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said while terming the incident extremely sad.

Official sources said the Indian mission in London has been asked to give a detailed report on the entire incident and the ministry was awaiting a response.

Asked if she will be buried in India, sources said her husband was yet to approach the mission in this matter.

46-year-old Jacintha Saldanha, a mother of two, was found unconscious last Friday in the quarters of the King Edward VII Hospital in central London where she was working as a senior nurse. She was pronounced dead when rushed to the hospital.

Jacintha had answered the hoax call at 5.30am on December 5 morning, and was helping out on the reception at the time of the prank call. Giggling DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian were pretending to be the British Queen and Prince Charles and asked her if they could be put through to Kate.

Then she connected them to another nurse who gave out details of the condition of 30-year-old Kate who was suffering from acute morning sickness at the London hospital.

The exact cause of the death remained unclear.