Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced an ex gratia of Rs 10 lakh to the families of the three crew members of the ICG791 Dornier aircraft incident.
It’s with great grief that I learnt of confirmation of death of the 3 brave young officers of ICG whose mortal remains were found along with wreckage of the Dornier aircraft that went missing. My heart goes out to families of 3 officers who lost their lives, have ordered ex gratia payment of Rs 10 lakh to each family.
— J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu
The mortal remains of the crew members were found on July 14, over a month after the aircraft went missing.
The family members had sent DNA samples for a forensic test to the Government General Hospital in Chennai, according to a report in TOI, on July 17.
Yesterday, the DNA results confirmed that the remains were those of the three missing crew members: Subhash Suresh, DS Vidya Sagar and MK Soni, according to a TOI report.
(With agency inputs)