Summary:
Usually, coffins are not opened to verify the body unless relatives of the deceased put in a request. One was transported by Gulf Air to Colombo (via Bahrain), while the other was flown to Kochi by Saudi Arabian Airlines.“A probe is required to know how the mix up happened. The wrong body might have been shifted at Saudi. Identification is based on the coffin’s docket number and the deceased person’s name and address. Though the bodies were interchanged, the documents were in order and hence there was no suspicion..