According to Murlidhar Rao, senior inspector, MRA Marg police station, Brijmohan was in precarious condition and could not move when police found him on Thursday. Fortunately relatives of both Rajkumari and Brijmohan were located thanks to newspaper reports, which had carried the story. Foul play has been ruled out since nothing is missing from their residence in Western India building on D N Road.

Rajkumari's estranged son, Umacharan Gupta, realised that his mother had died after he read the newspaper reports on Saturday. A resident of Vasai, he had not spoken to his mother since 1991. Umacharanhas since claimed his mother's body so that the last rites can be performed. Rajkumari was a practising paediatrician and had opened a clinic called the Child Care Research Foundation in the 1960s. Among her patients were Indira Gandhi, Jawharlal Nehru and Zakir Hussain.

Brijmohan's body will be claimed by his son, who is in Calcutta. The latter has telephoned the police, saying he will arrive in Mumbai in a couple of days.

Says Rao: ``We are happy that we have managed to track down the relatives so that the old couple can be given a decent cremation.''