Le Khaleej Times a cité des sources familiales pour rapporter que Boney Kapoor a constaté que Sri Devi était immobile dans la baignoire de sa chambre à l’hôtel Jumeirah à Dubai.
The Gulf News said the actor fell into the bathtub of her room at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, lost consciousness and drowned.
This morning, the Khaleej Times had quoted family sources to report that Boney Kapoor, waiting to take Sridevi out to dinner, found her motionless in the bathtub. Boney Kapoor, a filmmaker, had returned to Mumbai with their daughter but had flown back to Dubai reportedly to surprise his wife. An autopsy report that refers to the actor as "Sreedevi Boney Kapoor Ayyappan" says the cause of death is "accidental drowning".