Five days after the Air India aircraft crash, a total of 163 of those killed have been identified and 124 of bodies have been handed over to the nearest kin including those from Maharashtra, Patna and Rajasthan.
Four bodies have been taken to Maharashtra, one to Patna and three to Rajasthan (Udaipur-2 and Jodhpur-1), the state government said in an official release on Tuesday afternoon.
The mortal remains of other victims have been sent to various districts of Gujarat including Ahmedabad (41), Vadodara (16), Kheda (10), Anand (9), Bharuch (5), Gandhinagar (6), Mehsana (5), Surat (4), Aravalli (2), Gir Somnath (3).
While five of the victims have been taken to the Union territory of Diu, one each has been taken to Botad, Junagadh, Amreli, Mahisagar, Bhavnagar, Patan, Nadiad and Rajkot districts of the state.
The Gujarat government is yet to reveal the exact number of those killed in the crash on June 12 when an Air India passenger aircraft carrying 242 passengers to Gatwick in the United Kingdom, crashed near the Ahmedabad airport.
However, the Gujarat government on Tuesday evening revised the number of those injured in the aviation disaster from the earlier 50. On Tuesday evening it stated 71 persons were injured in the accident, of which two died which undergoing treatment at the Ahmedabad civil hospital during the last five days, while the condition of one injured still remains critical. Of those injured, 42 have been discharged. A total of 30 medical students were injured in the accident..