Vijay Rupani’s Last Rites With Full State Honours, State Mourning For A Day

New Delhi:

The state funeral of former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, who was killed in the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, will be held on Monday with full state honours. A one-day state mourning in memory of the BJP leader will be observed.

Three days after the plane crash, the body of the former chief minister was identified after DNA testing.

A large team of forensic experts have been working to identify bodies of those killed in one of the worst aviation disasters in India by matching DNA with samples collected from their relatives.

DNA-matching is a complex medical and legal process and involves layers of verification. It’s only after an elaborate set of tests and confirmation of DNA samples, families are called up and asked to collect the bodies of their loved ones.

In some cases, the analysis is repeated due to insufficient DNA material. The identification process can take up to 72 hours.