Jacintha Saldanha’s death is highly condemnable and those who are responsible should be brought to book in the country where the crime was committed. Let this be a lesson to all those who use media for ravaging individual liberty and dignity,” said former Union minister of state for finance B Janardhana Poojary, who visited the church where the funeral of Jacintha took place on Monday.

Speaking to DNA at the sidelines of the ceremony, Poojary said: “This was an incident where media ethics have been put aside at the tremendous cost of an innocent life. Since it was an international issue, I urge the United Nations to take note of this incident and direct the countries to strengthen media ethics.”

“The Indian government should force England to persuade the Australian government to arrest the two Australian radio jockeys who made the prank calls without understanding the implications of their prank, which was a very irresponsible behaviour,” he said.