Priyanka Chopra’s assistant dies in US,family seeks help to get body back

Apparently the obstacle being faced is the transporting of the body which is with a cost of $15,000.

Priyanka Chopra was on a tour of the US and Canada recently. However,once the US leg of the tour was over and while the rest of the entourage moved to neighbouring Canada,one of the crew members Jiban Patra,failed to get the required visa and stayed back in Los Angeles.

But a few days later on April 7,41-year-old Jiban was found dead in his Beverly Hills hotel room. But ever since his corpse was uncovered,it has been lying at the mortuary.

The Los Angeles Police Department,which is investigating the case,has registered a case of unnatural death and an initial inquest has pegged the immediate cause of death as heart attack.

Despite the investigations being underway,the police department has issued a clearance for the body to be brought back to India. However the process is caught in a logistical muddle.

Apparently the obstacle being faced is the transporting of the body,which will cost around $15,000.

Sources state that Priyanka’s team is in contact with the Indian Embassy to try and work out a solution but on the other hand,the Oriya community (Jiban is from Orissa) in the US has also initiated a parallel dialogue with the Embassy and instituted a fund in his name to expedite the passage.

Jiban,who hails from Orissa,has two children and a wife back in Mumbai and was the only earning member of the family.

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