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Unidentified Bodies, Missing Persons Identification Portal and DNA Database (UMID)

India is now the most populated country in the world with a population of 1.4 billion. Due to the increasing population, we are faced with a crisis of identifying dead bodies recovered by the police. As of now, approximately 50,000 dead bodies remain unidentified every year. The police take measures to identify them by publishing their available phenotypic characteristics such as height, facial features, complexion, hair colour, tattoos, scars, and descriptions of clothes on several visual and print media platforms and recently through the zonal integrated police network (ZIPNet). Unfortunately, the current established protocol for the identification of the unknown corpses has not achieved much success and the efforts of the police officials remain futile as 80-90% of the bodies are still not unidentified. Apart from these, more than 3,00,000 persons are also reported missing in India annually.
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HOW TO CLAIM AN UNKNOWN BODY
  • 1. Open the database and filter the results according to the information or any other relevant information of the person.Click here.
  • 2. Contact the concerned police station, or directly reach out to any of our centres with the details of your family member or close relative.
  • 3. Fill in the claimant form and other documents that are required for the official identification procedure.They can be found Click here.
  • 4. Visit the nearest centre and provide the Saliva/Blood sample of claimant (Blood Relatives) for DNA profiling and subsequent matching.
  • 5. Collect your reports from your concerned police officials.
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Total Number of Unidentifed Dead Bodies
16
Total Number of Unidentifed Missing Person
74
Number of Claimants

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New Delhi
2 Centers
Rishikesh
1 Center
Jodhpur
1 Center
Bhopal
1 Center
Bhubaneswar
1 Center
Puducherry
1 Center
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Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar

New Delhi - 110029

Phone: 011-26594292

Fax: 011-26588641

Email: drchitta75[at]gmail[dot]com

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Latest Claimed Cases

18 Aug 2022 NEW
Case Study: DNA Confirms Identity of Unknown Deceased
A decomposed unknown body found in 2019 was successfully identified through DNA profiling, confirming a 100% match with the claimed parents.
23 Jan 2020
Successful DNA Identification – January 2020 Case
An unknown deceased male found in January 2020 was successfully identified by DNA analysis, confirming a match with his children.
12 Jan 2020
DNA Identification Success Story I
An unknown decomposed body found in 2019 was successfully identified through DNA profiling, confirming a 100% match with the claimed parents.