An approach for identification of individuals in a mass disaster in Indian set up.

ABSTRACT

In the changing scenario of mass disaster, which has become almost one of the stories of daily news paper, Disaster Victim Identification has become important for its medico-legal as well as nations socio-economical aspects. This expertise gives the Forensic Experts a resource advice in dealing with human identification in a simpler way in Indian context. The idea of this work was born after the Ganeswari express accident that occurred in West Bengal, in May 2010, after which the situation demeaned a discussion between the Forensic Experts, Forensic Scientists and police personnel to frame a simpler guideline for Disaster Victim Identification. The recommendations made in this paper, as well as in many cited references, are intended to provide the forensic experts the minimum guidance for victim identification by photography and storing samples suitable for DNA analysis. It also gives a guideline for matching the DNA samples with the relative of the victims that will provide better chances of victim identification.