"Family is completely devastated": AI 171 plane crash victim's relative
"Our family is completely devastated. We had never imagined that she would go away in this manner and never return... There was a lot of support from the government... As soon as the DNA match happened, we got a call from them saying that they would hand over my aunt's body"
ANI
Jun 15, 2025 11:09 IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 15 (ANI): Shattered relatives of those deceased in the recent Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad await the slow process of matching DNA samples that will help them verify the identities of the charred bodies of their loved ones retrieved from the crash site.
Neha Gajjar, a relative of crash victim Jayaben Gajjar said that her entire family was "devastated" after the incident.
Neha has been waiting outside the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital to collect the remains of her aunt Jayaben Gajjar following the DNA match.
Neha said that her family never thought that she would go in such a manner and never return. She stated that there is a lot of support from the government, and as soon as the DNA match happened, the family received a call from the authorities to hand over Jayaben's body.
"Our family is completely devastated. We had never imagined that she would go away in this manner and never return... There was a lot of support from the government... As soon as the DNA match happened, we got a call from them saying that they would hand over my aunt's body", Neha Gajjar told ANI.
Earlier today, Ahmedabad Additional Medical Superintendent of Civil Hospital Dr. Rajnish Patel said that the identification process of former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani's body is still in process. Rupani was among the 241 victims of the AI 171 plane crash, which took place on Thursday.
"The identification process of the body of former CM Vijay Rupani is still underway. We have still not been able to match the DNA. We will inform the press as soon as we find his body", Rajnish Patel told reporters.
Patel further informed that a total of 31 DNAs have been identified as of now and 12 bodies have been handed over to their respective family members.
"The bodies of 31 DNAs have been matched. 12 bodies have been handed over to their respective family members. We are waiting for others to come and collect the remains of their relatives", he told reporters. (ANI)
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