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India trashes British media report that UK families received wrong bodies of victims of Air India crash

Rejecting the British media report, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that all the mortal remains were handled with utmost professionalism and with due regard for the dignity of the victims

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On June 12, a London-bound Air India flight crashed, killing 241 people onboard. File pic

On June 12, a London-bound Air India flight crashed, killing 241 people onboard. File pic

India on Wednesday trashed a British media report which claimed that two United Kingdom-based families of Ahmedabad Plane Crash victims received wrong bodies of their loved ones.

Rejecting the British media report, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that all the mortal remains were handled with utmost professionalism and with due regard for the dignity of the victims, reported PTI.

"We have seen the report and have been working closely with the UK side from the moment these concerns and issues were brought to our attention," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said, adding, "In the wake of the tragic crash, the concerned authorities had carried out identification of victims as per established protocols and technical requirements.”

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