Aruna Shanbaug, the former nurse who died after lying in coma for 42 years following a brutal sexual assault at a hospital here, was laid to rest on Monday evening with hundreds including nursing fraternity bidding a tearful adieu.

Aruna (66), the world's oldest comatose patient, were performed at Bhoiwada Crematorium in south Mumbai. KEM hospital dean and Aruna's nephew together lit the funeral pyre.