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Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani was among the 241 passengers who died in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
Vijay Rupani was among the passengers who died in the Air India plane crash (PTI/File)
Former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani’s DNA was matched with his remains found at the crash site, three days after the deadly Air India crash in Ahmedabad, the state’s Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi confirmed on Sunday.
The confirmation was made in the DNA report that came at 11.10 am.
His body was handed over to his family and his last rites will be held in Rajkot.
The CMO officials were at the civil hospital in the city to coordinate the transportation of his mortal remains.
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said that the family members of the former chief minister have been informed about the DNA matching.
“CM Bhupendra Patel went to the residence of former CM Vijay Rupani and informed his family that his DNA matching has been done. CM has also informed the family that the state government will support them in the further proceedings of the last rites in Rajkot. The family members will decide when they will take over his mortal remains,” he told reporters.
#WATCH | #AhmedabadPlaneCrash | Ahmedabad | Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel says, “CM Bhupendra Patel went to the residence of former CM Vijay Rupani and informed his family that his DNA matching has been done. CM has also informed the family that the state government… pic.twitter.com/NUSOEiS5yh— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met his family members during his visit to the state, a day after the crash took place.
Rupani was among the 241 on board the ill-fated Air India 171 on Thursday afternoon, which crashed shortly after taking off for London. A British national was the lone survivor in the incident. The government has said that the black box has been recovered, and the decoding of the data is underway to ascertain the cause of the incident.
The aircraft crashed just seconds after takeoff, hitting a building inside the BJ Medical College campus in Meghaninagar, a little over a kilometre from the airport runway. The impact caused a fireball that badly damaged the hostel building and killed several people on the ground, including some MBBS students.
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