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more-inThe DNA test conducted on samples taken from the putrefying body recovered from near Vazhamuttom here has confirmed that the body is that of missing Latvian national Liga Skromane. The DNA profile from the bone sample was found matching with that obtained from the blood sample of Liga’s sister Ilze Skromane. The report of the test, conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, had been submitted to the Sub-judicial Magistrate Court in a sealed cover, official sources said. Sister meets SPCIlze Skromane met State Police Chief (SPC) Loknath Behera at the Kerala Police headquarters. While the autopsy and chemical analysis reports are awaited, forensic experts have conveyed the possibility of the death being due to strangulation..