Samana, June 21:A pall of gloom descended on Samana as the mortal remains of 27-year-old Flight Lieutenant Mohit Garg, who lost his life in the AN-32 crash in Arunachal Pradesh on June 3, reached his home on Friday.
A large number of people had gathered to pay their tributes to the Flight Lieutenant. Meanwhile, in Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid tributes to five of the 13 air-warriors.
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa was also present at the ceremony held at the Palam Technical area here.
On Thursday, Air Marshal RD Mathur, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command, paid tributes to the Air Force personnel at a wreath-laying ceremony in Jorhat.
The IAF recovered six bodies and mortal remains of seven of the air warriors on Thursday, 18 days after the crash. The remains were then brought to Jorhat in Assam. With inputs from IANS
