Jaipur: Agniveer Vayu Khemaram Kumawat (22), who was martyred in an Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft crash in Jorhat, Assam, was laid to rest with full military honours in his native village of Panchota in Nagaur district Monday evening.
Tributes paid to Agniveer Vayu Khemaram Kumawat who was martyred in airforce plane crash in Assam
Tributes paid to Agniveer Vayu Khemaram Kumawat who was martyred in airforce plane crash in Assam
His mortal remains were flown to Jaipur airport Monday morning in a special aircraft and later taken to Panchota after military honours were accorded.At Jaipur airport, law and parliamentary affairs minister Jogaram Patel, Jaipur MP Manju Sharma, Jaipur collector Sandesh Nayak and district Sainik Welfare officer Jai Rathore paid tributes by laying floral wreaths on the coffin.After the body reached Panchota, it was kept at the Govt Senior Secondary School so villagers could pay their last respects. Air Force personnel accorded military honours as the mortal remains were brought to the school. The family broke down when Indian Air Force officials handed over the Tricolour to Khemaram’s father, Ramdev Kumawat, and his brothers.A five-km-long Tiranga Yatra was taken out in the village before the funeral. At the cremation ground, Air Force personnel presented a Guard of Honour as family members performed the last rites.
