India, April 19 -- The family of Dixit Solanki, who died in a suspected missile or drone strike on an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on March 1, performed his last rites on Saturday after DNA tests confirmed his identity, over a month after his death.

A police officer said the forensic science laboratory in Kalina submitted the DNA report on Friday, confirming the remains as Solanki's, following which the family conducted the final rites in Mumbai. Attempts to reach his father went unanswered till the time of going to press.

Solanki, a Kandivali resident working as an oiler in the engine room, died on March 1 after an explosion tore through the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker. The vessel had departed Europe on February 8 and was bound f...