cremate

The company would cremate the parts of his body that weren't used and return his ashes free of charge.

"If that is not possible - because the worst case scenario is that he has been cremated as somebody else - then we need to know that in order to move on," she added.

"We have now 100% confirmed that we have cremated mum and dad, as mum and dad. It was a long process but it was definitely a necessary one."

Overtaken by grief, Singh would spend hours sitting near the spot where his son had been cremated.

They happen when people die in poverty, alone or without relatives who can afford to cremate or bury them.