An agonising wait for families to claim bodies
HYDERABAD: Family of 50-year-old Venkatesh Yadav and his cousin Anita (42), who were on their way to Hyderabad from Bangalore to distribute invitations for Anita's daughter's wedding and died in the ghastly bus accident in Mahbubnagar, despite having identified the bodies with strong evidences were forced to wait for the DNA reports. This, according to family, now might end up in postponing the girl's wedding.
'We identified the body on Thursday itself and the authorities have also agreed. We were still asked to give blood samples for DNA testing as a formality and were promised to hand over the body once the acknowledgment slip was submitted,' Raghavender Yadav, a close relative, said.
However, the family is now asked to wait for another 7-8 days for the results of DNA test. The family wishes to go ahead with the wedding on November 15 despite the tragedy.
Venkatesh, along with his cousin Anita left Bangalore on Tuesday night and a photograph taken minutes before they boarded the bus is held by the family as the proof. 'We can clearly see her mangalsutra and bangles in the photo whereas we all knew that Venkatesh was wearing a silver chain around his waist,' Yadav explained.
Authorities though admitted the same, however said that a small girl was found on Anita's lap and thus the body may not be Anita's.
News Posted: 2 November, 2013
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