19 DEAD BODIES STILL UNIDENTIFIED IN SAMJHAUTA BLAST

Though it has passed seven years on the twin blast on board Samjhauta Express yet there are 19 dead bodies lying unidentified at the burial of Panipat in Punjab. On the other hand, the kin of the victims are running from pillar to post to get death certificate of the victims of the tragedy.

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Though it has passed seven years on the twin blast on board Samjhauta Express yet there are 19 dead bodies lying unidentified at the burial of Panipat in Punjab. On the other hand, the kin of the victims are running from pillar to post to get death certificate of the victims of the tragedy. As many as 68 persons, most of them Pakistani nationals were killed in the twin bomb blasts on board Samjhauta Express on the intervening night of 18-19 February 2007. Forty-five dead bodies of the victims were identified while 23 others were given mass burial in absence of any identification proof. Of them four were identified later while 19 are still unidentified and are lying in the burial ground. The forensic laboratory in Hyderabad has not released their DNA reports yet even after assurance from the NIA officials to the family of the victims for the same.