The plane carrying the bodies of forty-five Indians who were slain in Kuwait is landing in Kerala.

India receives a special jet carrying the bodies of Indians slain in the Kuwait fire.
Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh inside the airplane At Cochin Airport, when the flight arrived, there was strict security
Early on Friday morning, a special Indian Air Force aircraft took out for Kerala with the mortal remains of the 45 Indians who perished in the tragic Kuwaiti building fire.

Along on the ride was Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh, who had verified the aircraft's takeoff.

It arrived at the Cochin International Airport this morning at about 10.30 a.m.
Shortly after the plane touched down, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan also showed up at the Cochin International Airport.

At the Cochin airport, police and ambulance units were stationed earlier.

The bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals who perished in the terrible fire tragedy in a building housing foreign workers were recognized by Kuwaiti authorities on Thursday.

Kuwait has promised to look into the issue as soon as possible and to facilitate efforts to return the victims' mortal remains home.

In the southern city of Mangaf, a seven-story building housing 196 migrant workers caught fire on Wednesday, leaving at least 49 foreign workers dead and 50 injured.
According to Kuwait Fire Force, an electrical short circuit was the cause of the fatal fire.
The agency said in a statement that field investigation of the location and the structure where the fire started yesterday led to the decision.
In the interim, Kuwaiti authorities were carrying out 
DNA tests on the bodies of those killed in the devastating fire incident in southern Kuwait's Mangaf area.