20220608 Delhi’s Mundka fire: Charred bodies of 3 more victims identified
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Delhi’s Mundka fire: Charred bodies of 3 more victims identified
Updated: 2022-06-08
NEW DELHI: Three more victims of the May 13 Mundka blaze were on Tuesday identified with the help of DNA profiling, police said. This takes the total number of victims identified so far to 10, according to senior officials.
“The three people are Madhu Devi, a resident of Mundka, Narender from Prem Nagar and Muskan from Kirari Sulamen Nagar. Their family members have been informed and asked to reach SGM Hospital in Mangolpuri on Wednesday and collect the bodies after post-mortem,” said DCP (outer) Sameer Sharma.
Seven others were identified earlier and their bodies handed over to their families. They included Tanya Chauhan, Mohini, Kailash Jyani, Amit Jyani, Yashoda, Vishal and Drishti, police said.
The fire at an industrial unit in Mundka had left more than 100 workers trapped. While some managed to jump off the three-storey building or were rescued, many were charred beyond recognition.
The DCP said all 27 bodies had been preserved at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital and blood samples of family members were sent to FSL for DNA profiling and matching.
“Soon after the incident, eight victims were identified from jewellery and clothes. While the DNA profiles of seven of them matched with their family members’, that of the eighth, Ranju Devi, didn’t match with her son’s. Therefore, her parents’ blood samples have been taken now,” Sharma said.
He added that FSL authorities have requested for fresh blood samples of the accused, Harish Goyal and Varun Goyal, for matching the DNA profile of their father Amar Nath Goyal, who also died in the blaze. The Goyal brothers were arrested soon after the fire broke out and have been in judicial custody since then.
Several families are still looking for a closure and have been urging the cops to expedite the identification. FSL officials investigating the samples faced a challenging time as the bodies were completely charred. They had to work on them multiple times and conduct multiple tests for confirmation in order to identify the bodies.
Web Source: The Times of India