Updated On: 16 June, 2025 11:47 AM IST | Ahmedabad | PTI
In the Ahmedabad plane crash that killed 241, filmmaker Mahesh Kalawadia was reported missing. His last location was just 700 meters from the crash site. His wife has submitted DNA samples to confirm if he was among the victims on the ground

Mahesh Jirawala pic/Instagram
Ahmedabad, Jun 16 (PTI) The family of a filmmaker have given DNA samples after he went missing following the Air India plane crash here last week and his mobile phone location was last traced to just 700 metres away from the accident site.
The London-bound aircraft crashed into the campus of a medical college in Meghaninagar, moments after taking off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 1.39 pm on June 12, killing 241 out of the 242 persons on board and 29 on the ground.
Naroda-resident Mahesh Kalawadia, also known as Mahesh Jirawala, directs music albums and went to meet someone in Law Garden area that afternoon, his wife Hetal said.