Caption: Parents of Raghavendra at Chennai Airport
C Shivakumar
Chennai:
The DNA test of of Raghavendran Ganeshan, an Infosys employee, who was killed while travelling in a coach of Brussels metro may have tested positive by the Belgium officials, but his close relatives still had doubts about its veracity.
It was only when the body arrived in Chennai that a cousin brother who still doubted his death opened the coffin to see if he could recognise some part of the mortal remains, which was totally charred during the blast.
“We still doubted the DNA test which was conducted on Friday. The test was termed positive only on Monday,” said a close relative.
“Once the coffin was opened. We found his face was not damaged due to the impact of explosion and his identity was confirmed,” said the grieving relative Sridhar.
Earlier, it was a long ordeal for the parents of Raghavendran Ganeshan as they arrived with the mortal remains of their son at Chennai Airport.
The parents were inconsolable as relatives and friends poured in the airport to receive and console them as they arrived from tJet Airways Abu Dhabi flight which landed at the airport at 1.50pm, much before its scheduled time of arrival..
“The flight landed much earlier than expected,” said a relative. The parents boarded the flight on Monday night, he added.
The journey may have been tiring for the parents who had been struggling to get information about their son for the last one week.
They looked tired as they entered into a waiting vehicle. The mother was dressed in green saree while the father wore a T Shirt.
They hardly noticed the media persons waiting in the airport as they were battling their tears and coming to terms with the loss of their son.
“Let us settle down. We are not in a mood to talk,” said a relative, dressed in white while standing away from the glare of media persons.
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