Hi-Tech Hospital Tragedy: DNA Report Confirms Dilip Samantray's Death
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Amid the confusion over the identity of the victims in the Hi-Tech hospital tragedy here, a DNA report confirmed the identity of the third deceased person as Dilip Samantray, informed a senior police officer on Tuesday.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 9: Amid the confusion over the identity of the victims in the Hi-Tech hospital tragedy here, a DNA report confirmed the identity of the third deceased person as Dilip Samantray, informed a senior police officer on Tuesday.
Additional DCP of Commissionerate Police-Bhubaneswar Prakash Chandra Pal said, " According to the DNA report, the third body is that of Dilip Samantaray as the samples matched with his mother."
The body of Dilip will now be handed over to his family, he added.
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Notably, the hospital wrongly declared Dilip Samantray dead in place of another victim Jyoti Ranjan Mallik on December 30. Dillip's grief-stricken pregnant wife, Soumyashri Jena died of suicide on January 1.
On other hand, Dilip too succumbed to injuries on January 6. Three persons out of the four engaged in the repairing of the AC compressor of the private hospital have died after the blast occurred on December 29.