Dausa bus fire tragedy: Families receive remains after DNA identification

Indore: For nearly three days, Bhumi Bhor’s family waited for confirmation that the charred skeletal remains recovered from the Dausa bus inferno were hers. After DNA testing established her identity, her remains finally reached her Indore home on Friday.The 20-year-old student was among the eight passengers killed when a Hans Travels bus caught fire after colliding with a trailer on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Dausa district early Tuesday. The intensity of the blaze left several victims burnt beyond recognition, making DNA examination necessary before the remains could be handed over to their families.Bhumi’s remains reached her Meghdoot Nagar residence on Friday morning, where relatives, neighbours and friends gathered to pay their last respects.An atmosphere of grief engulfed the locality as the family received the remains of the young woman who had left home days earlier for a holiday with her two cousins. Her younger brother, Daksh, performed her last rites at Vijay Nagar crematorium.Family members said that Bhumi had left for Mussoorie on June 20, excited about the trip. No one imagined that the journey would end in a tragedy so severe that her identity would have to be established through DNA analysis.

The same accident also claimed the life of Indore resident Nirmala Gupta, who was on the Char Dham pilgrimage with her husband, Chandraprakash Gupta. Her identity, too, was confirmed through DNA testing before her remains were brought to Indore late on Thursday. She was cremated at the Regional Park crematorium on Friday, where her son, Mayank Gupta, performed the last rites.The Dausa accident claimed eight lives and injured 22 others. The fire reportedly raged for nearly an hour, leaving several passengers trapped inside and reducing many bodies to skeletal remains, delaying identification until forensic DNA reports were completed.