Nigerian air crash: Shattered family waits for Indian co-pilot's body

The distraught father of Mahendra Singh Rathore, co-pilot of a plane which crashed in Nigeria, on Wednesday asked the Union government to step up diplomatic efforts in bringing his son's body to India at the earliest.
Hailing from Bikaner city, 34-year-old Mahendra was the co-pilot of the passenger plane, belonging to Dana Air, which slammed into a residential area in Lagos killing him and over 150 people on board and 40 on the ground on June three.
"We are informed that the body will be handed over to us after identification through DNA test and it may take another four-five days," I S Rathore, father of Mahendra, told PTI.
"The government should ask the authorities in Lagos to complete all formalities as early as possible," he said.
06/06/12 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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