Overview
- The High Court, which issued its order Tuesday, directed DG Shipping to collect the remains in a family member’s presence and deliver them to FSL Kalina for DNA testing, with the report given to the kin.
- The remains consist of only four or five charred bones, making visual identification impossible, and the family has paused last rites until a scientific match is confirmed.
- The coffin reached Mumbai on Sunday after a month abroad, following the family’s petition, and DG Shipping pressed police and forensic officials to fast-track testing.
- Solanki died in early March when the tanker MT MKD Vyom was hit off Oman in a suspected missile or explosive‑laden drone‑boat strike, which officials described as injuries from an exploding projectile.
- The case spotlights how deaths in international waters involve flag‑state and consular paperwork, local police and forensic labs, and can leave families without clear records or closure.