It was on September 3 — three days after police suspected that Prince Riaz Oudh was dead — that his body was discovered. With no surviving relatives, and some phone numbers police tried calling switched off, the last prince of Oudh was laid to rest without anyone getting to know. With the body being found outside his home — the 700-year-old dilapidated Malcha Mahal — the bizarre and macabre story of the royal family of Oudh also ended. His sister, Sakina, had died a few months ago, while their mother, the Begum of Oudh, had poisoned herself in 1993. “My sister is in deep distress and since the Begum died, (she) has been wearing black.

Source: Indian Express November 06, 2017 21:34 UTC