Ahmedabad, June 19 -- Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik said on Thursday that 222 people have been identified so far in the Air India 171 crash incident, and their bodies have been handed over to their respective families.

Speaking to the media, Malik said that out of 222, 213 were identified based on DNA samples

"Police also do their part of the investigation, but other agencies and the experts do the technical part, like analysing the black box, and the investigation is underway... 222 people have been identified so far, 214 based on DNA samples and eight were identified without DNA and their bodies have been handed over to their families," the Ahmedabad Police Commissioner said.

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