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Mint
13 hours ago
- Mint
Air India Plane crash: 9 days after tragedy, eight families continue to wait for DNA samples to match
The identities of at least eight victims who died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, are yet to be known as the DNA samples have not yet matched. The authorities have asked the families to submit a DNA sample of another relative as the previous ones failed to match. According to the details, DNA samples of 247 victims have been matched, and 232 bodies have been handed over to their families till Saturday, reported PTI. "Unless there is a match, bodies cannot be handed over to the kin," said Rakesh Joshi, medical superintendent, Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. Doctor Joshi said that since the DNA matching process is highly sensitive and involves legal protocols, it is being conducted with utmost seriousness and speed. "When there is no match for a longer period of time, then you can ask another sample from another relative. If one sibling has given the sample, then a sample of another sibling is sought for matching the DNA with that of the victim," he said. "We generally prefer a sample of father or son/daughter. If not, then we take a sample of another available member," Joshi added. To ease the lengthy process, Forensic Science University, along with associated institutions, local administrative authorities, the state government's health and other departments, and various agencies are working tirelessly. Ahmedabad-based filmmaker Mahesh Jirawala's mortal remains were handed over to his family only after the matching of DNA samples confirmed that he died in the catastrophe. He was reported missing following the June 12 air plane crash. Police said that through the matching of DNA samples it has been confirmed that filmmaker Jirawala has died in the plane crash. He was passing by from the area on his two-wheeler just when the London-bound plane plunged into a hostel complex. On 12 June, the London-bound Air India flight AI-171 carrying 242 passengers and crew members crashed in Ahmedabad moments after it off from the city airport. In the crash 241 were killed on board and 29 on the ground as the aircraft smashed into a medical complex in Meghaninagar. With some bodies were burnt beyond recognition or damaged otherwise, authorities are carrying out DNA tests to establish the identity of victims of the horrific tragedy. Relatives and friends gave an emotional farewell to Deepak Pathak and Irfan Shaikh, the two crew members of the ill-fated flight, in Maharashtra's Badlapur in Thane district and Pimpri-Chinchwad near Pune city, respectively. Deepak Pathak's body was consigned to flames at a crematorium in the presence of thousands of mourners. He had been serving the national carrier for the past 11 years and his identification was confirmed through DNA testing. While, Pimpri Chinchwad-based Shaikh family had received Irfan's remains after a DNA match on Friday. It was brought to Pune and his last rites were held at a graveyard in Nehru Nagar in the presence of family, neighbours, friends, and leaders from across political parties.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Time of India
One held for robbing shopkeeper via dating app; Two absconding
Pune: The Faraskhana police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old man from Mangalwar Peth and searching for his two accomplices after the trio robbed a shopkeeper (33) after befriending the latter using a dating application. The shopkeeper is a resident of Shagun Chowk on Laxmi Road. He lodged a complaint with the police on Tuesday morning. According to the police, the victim had a dating application and one of the suspects contacted the victim over it. The suspect befriended the victim and asked the latter to visit a secluded spot in the June Bazaar area. "When the victim reached the spot, three accused threatened him of dire consequence and robbed his cellphone around 6.35am on Monday. The three accused, one of them with knife, used UPI application of the victimi and transferred Rs 60,000," said senior inspector Prashant Bhasme of Faraskhana police. "We have arrested Wahid Razzak Shaikh of Mangalwar Peth after analyzing the UPI transaction," he said. Shaikh was produced before a city court and the court remanded him in police custody until June 16, Bhasme said. "Shaikh was earlier arrested by the Bund Garden police in a similar crime where he and his accomplices robbed a Pimpri Chinchwad-based man near RTO Chowk. He was out on bail," he said.
