Sri Lanka, June 28 -- More than two weeks after the Ahmedabad plane crash, the DNA test has ascertained the identity of the last victim, and the death toll in the tragedy now stands at 260, officials said on Saturday.

The remains of the last victim were handed over to the family, they said.

The medical authorities had earlier pegged the fatality count at 270.

A London-bound Air India flight crashed into a hostel complex in the Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in the city on June 12, killing 241 on board and several others on the ground. One passenger miraculously survived.

"The DNA matching of the last body of the Air India plane crash victim has been done....