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London, Apr 23 (ANI): The mother of the Indian-origin bride who was murdered during her honeymoon in Cape Town last year, has said that Anni Dewani’s husband Shrien had an outrageous argument with her and other relatives next to his wife’s coffin, objecting to them spending time alone with Anni to say their goodbyes.

Nilam Hindocha said she broke down in tears at a North London funeral parlour over the misbehaviour of her son-in-law.

“I was devastated. It was bad enough losing our daughter but he managed to make things worse,” The Sun quoted 59-year-old Nilam, as saying.

Anni’s sister Ami also expressed shock at the incident.

“I’ve never experienced such rage. Voices were raised over the coffin. Cousins had written goodbye letters, which were placed in the coffin. We later found they had been taken out and thrown on the floor,” she added.

Anni’s uncle Ashok Hindocha, also backed them saying that Shrien had ruined that moment by asking Nilam not to spend time alone with Anni’s body to bid her goodbye, adding: “No one will forgive him for starting an argument over Anni’s body.”

Yesterday, Nilam had said that the words of her daughter that she wanted to tell many things after returning back, keeps haunting her.

Nilam spoke about her anguish for the first time after her daughter’s death, revealing that Anni rang her the before her murder to say: “I have a lot to tell you mummy - we will have a long chat when I get home.”

Twenty-eight-year-old Anni was killed only hours later in Cape Town in a carjack shooting allegedly ordered by her Brit-Indian husband Shrien.

“I’ll never forget that conversation - not because of what she said but because of what she didn’t. She said we would have a long chat when she got home. She then cut the call short, saying it was very expensive. That was the last I heard from her,” Anni’s mother added.

Shrien is currently fighting a case against extradition to South Africa, where the murder took place. (ANI)