New Delhi, April 6 -- The family of Dixit Solanki, an Indian sailor who died in an attack off the Oman coast on 4 March during the ongoing war between the US-Israel combine and Iran, is demanding a DNA test to prove that the remains that were handed over to them on Sunday night are indeed of their family member.

Solanki's father and his sister had been waiting for 35 days to receive his body. He died on 4 March from an attack on 1 March, a day after the conflict began, when the oil tanker he was on, MT MKD Vyom, was struck by a missile.

Dixit's father and sister had moved the Bombay High Court last week, seeking directions to the government to bring his remains back. In their plea, they had claimed a lack of clairy on the part of the au...