Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 -- Kerala Ministers V Sivankutty, GR Anil, CPI (M) General Secretary MA Baby and State Secretary MV Govindan, along with other party leaders paid homage to Ranjitha, one of the passengers who died on the ill-fated Air India 171 flight.

Mortal remains of Ranjitha were brought to Thiruvananthapuram for the last rites.

Earlier on June 22, the DNA samples of 251 victims were identified and handed over to concerned families.

Speaking to mediapersons, Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Superintendent Rakesh Joshi said, "DNA samples of 251 dead bodies of the plane crash have been matched. So far, a total of 245 bodies have been handed over to the families, while six families, who are from the UK, will receive the bodies of t...