The village awaits the mortal remains of braveheart- Ichhawar/Sehore (Madhya Pradesh)

The body of Jitendra Kumar Verma who lost his life in the helicopter crash within the Coonoor area in Madras on Wednesday is yet to hit his native village Dhamanda in Ichhawar.

Jitendra was on duty with the primary Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and ten others who lost their lives within the tragedy.

The members of the family of Jitendra and therefore the residents of Dhamanda village are still within the twilight. they’re awaiting the arrival of the body. The officials of the district administration couldn’t say anything about the time of arrival of the body.

A forensic team of the Indian Army took DNA samples of Jitendra’s mother to spot the body of the braveheart on Thursday. The relations of Jitendra expected that the body would arrive on Friday, but because the body didn’t arrive till Saturday evening they were worried, sources said.

Meanwhile, the cremation area is being cleaned for the final rites of Jitendra, sources added. According to reports, the colleagues of Jitendra are identifying his body and, only afterward, it’ll be dropped at Dhamanda village for last rites.

Superintendent of police Mayank Awasthi said that the colleagues of Jitendra and one in every one of his close relatives who are within the army would identify the body. Despite that, if the body isn’t identified, the DNA sample is collected again, he said.

Updated by Yukta Daswani