Charred remains of 18 people killed in the Kurnool bus fire handed over to their families after DNA tests on October 26.
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh): Charred remains of 18 people killed in the bus fire tragedy near here have been handed over to their families after DNA tests, officials said on Sunday.
After conducting DNA tests during the last two days, the authorities at Government General Hospital (GGH) in Kurnool handed over the remains to the families. They were also issued death certificates.
Kurnool District Collector A. Siri supervised the process of handing over the remains along with death certificates. The authorities arranged ambulances to transport the bodies to their respective hometowns.
The remains of six victims each were handed over to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, two each to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and one each to Odisha and Bihar. The body of an unidentified passenger has been preserved at the GGH in Kurnool.
A person from Chittoor district has approached the police, saying his father may be one of the victims of the bus tragedy. Kurnool SP Vikrant Patil said the DNA test would be conducted to establish the identity of the body.
