Mortal remains of three IAF personnel who died in a plane crash in Arunachal Pradesh earlier this month, were consigned to flames at their native places in Punjab and Haryana on Friday.
Mortal remains of three IAF personnel who died in a plane crash in Arunachal Pradesh earlier this month, were consigned to flames at their native places in Punjab and Haryana on Friday.
Flight Lieutenants Mohit Garg (27), Ashish Tanwar (29) and airman Pankaj Sangwan were among the 13 people on board the AN-32 aircraft that had crashed on June 3, about 30 minutes after taking off from Jorhat in Assam.
While Mohit belonged to Samana in Punjab's Patiala, Ashish hailed from Palwal district in Haryana.
Airman Pankaj Sangwan belonged to Sonipat in Haryana.
Their mortal remains were consigned to flames with full state honours at their native places.
Heart-rending scenes were witnessed Friday after mortal remains of the flight lieutenants and airman, draped in the Tricolor, were taken to their native places.
Their family members were inconsolable.
In Patiala, Punjab cabinet minister Vijay Inder Singla paid tributes to Flight Lieutenant Mohit Garg, along with senior IAF officers, police personnel and officials.
Slogans such as 'Mohit Amar Rahe', 'Jab Tak Suraj Chand Rahega, Mohit Tera Naam Rahega' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' were raised when the mortal remains were being taken to the cremation ground.
Mortal remains of another Squadron leader from Coimbatore, H Vinod, who lost his life in Indian Air force (IAF) AN-32 crash, was brought to Sulur for performing the last rites on Friday.
Vinod's family including his wife and mother were present to receive the mortal remains.
Last rites of Lead Aircraftman SK Singh were performed at Shobha Chapra, his native village in Uttar Pradesh earlier today.
"The mortal remains of 13 brave air-warriors have been recovered and sent to the Air Force Station, Jorhat," IAF spokesperson Wg Cdr Ratnakar Singh said on Thursday.
On June 3, an IAF AN-32 aircraft, which took off from the Air Force Station, Jorhat in Assam, went missing with 13 air-warriors onboard.
The wreckage was found on June 11 on a mountain slope in Arunachal Pradesh. All of the 13 air-warriors died in the crash.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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