Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met the family members of Squadron Leader Sameer Abrol who lost his life in fighter plane crash in Bengaluru on Friday.
“The Defence Minister reached Gandhi Nagar residential colony where parents of Sameer lives around 2: 30 PM and stayed there for 20 minutes. She consoled the parents and wife of the deceased pilot and left for Delhi,” said Himanshu Gautam, Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Ghaziabad city.
Two senior pilots were killed after they ejected from a Mirage 2000 fighter during its take-off run at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) runway in Yemalur in Bengaluru on Friday morning. The pilots had been identified as Squadron Leader Sameer Abrol and Squadron Leader Siddartha Negi.
Sameer belonged to Ghaziabad and his body was brought to his home on Saturday for last rites. He was cremated at cremation ground on Sunday where the former Chief of Army staff General (retd.) VK Singh who is local MP and Union Minister of State for External Affairs paid tribute to the departed soul.
In addition to VK Singh the local MLA and State Minister in UP Atul Garg, local politicians and social activists were present to pay their tribute to the departed soul. A guard of honor was given to Air Force officer at the Hindon cremation ground where the officer’s body was laid to rest full state honours.