Jammu, June 20 -- After two female infants were unintentionally swapped at the SMGS Hospital in September 2022, the DNA sampling established their real parents bringing an end to the suspense, said officials on Thursday.

"In September 2022, two females infants were born at the SMGS Hospital to two women's, one from Doda and another from Chattisgarh," said hospital official on condition of anonymity.

The woman from Chattisgarh was wife of a migrant labourer. The official informed that as per established norms, both the newly borns were tagged with their MRD numbers and shifted to a recovery ward along with their mothers.

"However, it seems their attendants (relatives) unintentionally swapped the babies while picking them up for feed. We...