DNA Matching Facility For Nepal Victims From TN
An official press release said that till Wednesday, 220 of the 305 persons who went to Nepal when it was struck by flash floods on August 26 had been saved and brought home and efforts were to trace the rest of the 85 people with the help of the Union Government, the Nepal government and the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
Chennai: Blood relatives of the missing Nepal flash flood victims from Chennai, Madurai and Thanjavur regions could give their blood samples for DNA matching to identify the victims, the State Government announced on Thursday.
An official press release said that till Wednesday, 220 of the 305 persons who went to Nepal when it was struck by flash floods on August 26 had been saved and brought home and efforts were to trace the rest of the 85 people with the help of the Union Government, the Nepal government and the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
As part of the search operations, the government had requested willing ‘First Degree Relatives’ of missing persons like parents or children to give their blood samples for DNA matching, free of cost, to the government forensic laboratories in Chennai, Madurai and Thanjavur.