Ludhiana, Dec. 26 -- Police have collected samples from the ashes of a woman who was cremated following a mix-up of bodies at Orison Hospital on Barewal Road, to establish her identity through DNA profiling.

The case relates to two deceased women - Jasbir Kaur, a resident of Moga, and Manju Diwan of Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana - whose bodies were exchanged by hospital staff. Following the mix-up, Manju Diwan's family cremated a body believing it to be hers. It later emerged that the cremated body was that of Jasbir Kaur.

After an FIR was registered against the hospital administration and staff. On the request of Jasbir Kaur's family, who refused to immerse the ashes without confirmation of identity, the police initiated the process of DNA pr...