Mass Cremation Of 24 Charred To Death In Maharashtra Bus Fire Held
NDTV
The dead included 11 male and 14 female passengers. Ten of the victims were from Wardha, seven from Pune, four from Nagpur and two each from Yavatmal and Washim.
A mass cremation was held on Sunday of 24 out of the 25 victims charred to death after a private bus caught fire in Maharashtra's Buldhana district, a senior official said.
The body of one of the victims will be handed over to the family for burial, an official said earlier in the day.
As most of the victims were charred beyond recognition after the bus caught fire in the early hours of Saturday, efforts were made to convince their families for mass cremation of the bodies instead of their DNA analysis, the official said.
The DNA testing is a lengthy procedure which may take days to ascertain the identity of the deceased, as per sources.
