India, June 18 -- Viswash Kumar Ramesh, 40, the lone survivor of the June 12 Air India plane crash, performed the last rites of his cousin, who was killed in the aviation disaster, after he was discharged from an Ahmedabad hospital on Tuesday evening.

Ahmedabad Civil Hospital medical superintendent Rakesh Joshi said Ramesh was handed over the remains of his cousin, Ajay, identified through DNA matching, for his cremation.

Ramesh said he was in Diu, over 370 km from Ahmedabad, to perform the last rites of Ajay, who was on seat number 11J of the Air India flight. Ramesh, a British citizen seated on 11A, was returning home on Air India flight AI-171 after visiting his native Diu with his cousin.

Visuals of a bruised Ramesh limping away fr...