Lucknow/Sitapur/Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) | Bodies of nine pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, including five from Sitapur district, killed in a fire tragedy in a train coach in Tamil Nadu were sent to their families after they reached Lucknow on Sunday.

Relief Commissioner Naveen Kumar said the bodies arrived from Chennai at the Chowdhury Charan Singh airport on two separate flights. District-wise hearse vehicles were arranged at the airport by the government and the bodies were taken to their respective districts.

Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak reached the airport to receive the bodies of Manoharman Agarwal (81) and her granddaughter Himani Bansal (22), who hailed from Lucknow.