Jaipur, Oct 14 || The DNA sampling began on Wednesday to identify the victims of the horrific bus fire that claimed at least 20 lives near Thaiyat village on the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway in Rajasthan.
The authorities are collecting DNA samples from two relatives of each missing passenger at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Jodhpur and Jawahar Hospital in Jaisalmer.
Late Tuesday night, 19 severely charred bodies were transported from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur. Among them was a bundle of bones believed to be human remains. One badly injured person died while being shifted to Jodhpur, bringing the confirmed death toll to 20.
The fire broke out around 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday in a moving AC sleeper bus carrying 57 passengers.