Canadian dentist cremated in Lunawada
Vadodara: The only Canadian citizen aboard Flight AI-171 which crashed in Ahmedabad on Thursday was cremated in Lunawada in Mahisagar district on Monday. Dr Nirali Patel's body was brought to the town on Monday morning.
Nirali, a dentist based in Canada, had come to India for a social function and was returning to Canada via London when the crash took place. Her husband, Dr Devesh Shukla, also a dentist, is from Lunawada. The couple had settled in Ontario. He had stayed back in Canada with their son.
Devesh is the son of former Lunawada municipality president Tarlika Shukla, a Lunawada doctor, who was also in Canada when the crash occurred.
Sources said Tarlika and her family have been closely associated with the BJP for a long time.
Lunawada mamlatdar B P Khant told mediapersons that the deceased's DNA was matched with that of her parents. The body was then handed to relatives, who brought it to Lunawada on Monday morning.
A funeral procession was taken from the Shuklas' residence to the crematorium. Many town residents and BJP members joined the procession, apart from family members.
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