India, June 21 -- Filmmaker Mahesh Jirawala, who was reported missing after the Ahmedabad plane crash, has been confirmed to have died in the tragedy after DNA tests matched his identification, police officials said on Saturday.

The 34-year-old filmmaker's missing report raised fears of his death but left some grounds for hope as he was neither present in the hostel complex nor on the plane at the time of the crash.

Air India AI171 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed into the hostel complex of BJ Medical College in Meghani Nagar in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on June 12, within minutes of its takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport.

However, it has now become clear that Jirawala was passing by from the area on his two-wheeler w...