Samjhauta Express blast: Identity of victims was just numbers

Gurgaon | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

Summary:

Otherwise, everybody knows that the unidentified bodies at Mehrana are only of the train victims.” Earlier, when the families of victims from Pakistan used to come and visit the graveyard, the locals used to hold a small prayer meeting. Of the 67 who died on the spot, a majoirity of whom were Pakistani nationals, 19 remained unidentified.Initially, 23 bodies remained unidentified till February 24 and were buried at Mehrana in a mass funeral. Before burial, those involved in autopsy had taken the viscera and samples for DNA profiling. “But as there are fewer people coming here now and the practice has also discontinued..