District Authorities hold Mass cremation of 12 unidentified bodies of Plane Crash

02.06.10 Mangalore : The Mass cremation of 12 unidentified bodies of plane crash victims was held at Tannirbavi Road on June 2, Wednesday.

The mass burial was held as per Section 34 of the Disaster Management Rules. The funeral rites took place in all the three religion, when the families of victims claimed the body to be not related after the latest DNA test results received from the Hyderabad-based lab.

Union minister of state for railways, K H Muniappa, District in Charge minister Krishna J Palemar, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mayor Rajani Dugganna, MLA UT Khader, Moideen Bawa and other were present and offered floral
 tribute to the bodies.

The religious leaders like Illias Bhakhabi Mustaq from Bolar Mosque, Fr William Menezes, director, Mangalore Diocese and MB Puranik, Mangalore division head of Vishwa Hindu Parishat rendered the prayer as a part of final rites.

On behalf of Police department, Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh garlande  the bodies, while S. A. Prabhakar Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police on behalf of District Administration, Dr K N Vijayaprakash, MCC Commissioner on behalf of Mangalore City Corporation, C Basavaraj on behalf of Fire Department, Dr Saroja, DMO of Wenlock Hospital and Harsha on behalf of Press Club.

Apart from it, the one of the survivor Pradeep also was present at the mass burial.