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Wait for bodies deepens pain of families after Air India crash

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Mistry Jignesh's niece's body has been missing since Thursday 's crash in Ahmedabad .

Authorities had been telling him they would return her body in the 72 hours normally required to complete DNA matching.

But on Saturday , he was told it might take longer as officials are still searching for bodies from the site of the crash, he claims.

Officials have refused to comment, but a fire department officer and a police official told the BBC that a search for remains of the passengers is still under way.

Mahesh Kalawadia was crossing the area when the plane hurtled down and crashed into buildings.

His brother's last location before his phone became unreachable was just a few hundred metres away from BJ Medical college.

The family has since filed a police complaint and has made countless visits to the Civil Hospital .

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