Haridwar’s son lt Col Ranjeet Singh Pawar was cremated on Thursday afternoon in Kankhal with full honour in the presence of the members of the Army regiment and others. A large number of people turned up to pay a teary adieu to the young Army officer. The six -year old son of the deceased and his brother set the officer's pyre to flames.
Pawar died as a major fire broke out at India's biggest Central Ammunition Depot at Pulgaon in Maharashtra followed by a blast at 1 am on Tuesday. At 2.43 pm, the body of the deceased was brought to his residence in Shivalik Nagar on an Army vehicle. Industrialists from SIDCUl, political leaders, educationists, and denizens of Haridwar had gathered at his residence at noon. Among those present were Ganga Sabha president Purushottam Sharma Gandhiwadi and Mahanagar Congress Committee head Anshul Shrikunj. At 4 pm the funeral procession started. Father Bahadur Singh Pawar, mother, wife Renu and son Robby who came from Wardha on Thursday accompanied the hearse to the cremation grounds along with the Army officers. Congress president Upadhyay and OSD of Chief Minister Purushottam Sharma were also present. His neighbor Gagan Kalra said, “Ranjeet was a happy go kind of a person, always cheering others. He was known by his nick name Rana. After he got his first posting in 2003 in Siachen, his relatives were tense. But he cheered them, saying that nothing would happen to him. Always full of life Pawar liked mountaineering and also was fond of music. ”