Angad Paul, the youngest son of industrialist Lord Swraj Paul, was cremated here on Friday, his funeral attended by hundreds of people.
Family, friends, business associates, the rich and the famous were present at the Golders Green electric crematorium despite cold and a steady drizzle, for the final rites of the 45-year-old CEO of the Caparo Group who plunged eight floors to his death six days ago.
A devastated Swaraj Paul, 84, broke down several times as over 1,000 mourners offered their condolences to him, his wife Aruna and Angad's widow Michelle. Other members of the Paul family including some who had flown in from other parts of the world were also present.
PM Modi had telephoned Lord Paul as soon as he learnt about the tragedy as had FM Jaitley, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and scores of other political leaders from India and the UK.
NRI industrialists Gopichand Hinduja, Lakshmi Mittal, Nat Puri, Lord Raj Loomba, leading hotelier Joginder Sanger, MPs, several figures from the world of art and craft, and Angad's friends and business associates from the US, Australia and other countries were among those who attended the funeral.