Raj bus fire: Six charred victims identified via DNA testing; bodies handed over to families

Jaipur, July 3 (IANS) The bodies of six passengers who were burnt beyond recognition in the devastating bus-trailer collision and fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Dausa district have been identified through DNA testing.

The accident claimed the lives of eight people. While six passengers died after being trapped in the blaze, two others succumbed to head injuries sustained in the collision.

The deceased identified through DNA analysis are Bhumi Bhaur, a resident of Bajrang Nagar, Indore; Priyanka Pandey, a resident of Barwah; Deepak Tanwar, a resident of Barwah in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district; Nirmala Gupta, a resident of Annapurna Nagar, Indore; Devendra Singh, a resident of Rampura Kalan, Sidhganj, Madhya Pradesh and Ram Avtar, the driver of the sleeper bus, said police officials.

Following identification, post-mortem examinations were conducted on Thursday, and later, the bodies were handed over to their families.

DNA samples of the first four victims were sent to Jaipur for testing on Wednesday evening. After the reports confirmed their identities, post-mortems were conducted, and the bodies were released to their relatives.

The DNA samples of Devendra Singh and bus driver Ram Avtar were sent on Thursday morning. Following confirmation of their identities, their post-mortems were also completed, and the bodies were handed over to their families.

The other two victims had been identified earlier. Kuldeep, the bus operator, died due to head injuries sustained in the crash. After the post-mortem, his body was handed over to his family.

The body of Dharamsingh, a resident of Bhutedi village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, was handed over to his family on Wednesday evening.

The tragic accident occurred late on July 1, early in the morning, when a sleeper bus collided with a trailer on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, triggering a massive fire that engulfed the bus.

Police and emergency responders shifted the eight deceased and 22 injured passengers to Dausa District Hospital.

As several bodies were severely charred and could not be identified visually, authorities conducted DNA profiling to establish their identities before releasing the bodies to their families.

–IANS

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