District officials said 36 bodies have been retrieved so far, of which 18 were identified and sent to their respective native places in ambulances. However, the remaining 18 bodies are yet to be identified.
Rachakonda Police and CLUES team are using Blue Star technology to work in the case. This technology detects blood stains even after washing or rubbing objects
One mass grave contained seven bodies while the other contained eight, it said, adding their DNA samples would be compared with those of the relatives of the registered missing.
