Manipur mourns as mortal remains of Air India crash victim Nganthoi Sharma reach Imphal
Kongbrailatpam Nganthoi Sharma
, one of the two
Air India crew members
from Manipur who were killed in the plane crash in Ahmedabad on June 12, arrived in Imphal on Sunday.
Kongbrailatpam Nganthoi Sharma and 26-year-old
Lamnunthem Singson
, the two Air India crew members from Manipur were killed in the Ahmedabad plane crash.
Grief-stricken family members of the slain crew member, senior officials, elected leaders, local people and community leaders received the mortal remains of Sharma at the Bir Tikendrajit International Airport in Imphal.
Congress' Lok Sabha Member from Manipur Angomcha Bimol Akoijam, Manipur Chief Secretary Prashant Kumar Singh, Director General of Police Rajiv Singh and many other important personalities paid floral tributes to Sharma.
After some rituals and formalities, her body was later taken to
Thoubal district
, where the last rites would take place.
Kongbrailatpam Nganthoi Sharma belonged to the non-tribal
Meitei community
and hailed from Manipur's Thoubal district.
Earlier, family members of Sharma went to Ahmedabad to complete the necessary formalities for getting the remains of their loved one.
Thousands of local people, family members, relatives and senior officials on June 20 bid a tearful farewell to 26-year-old Lamnunthem Singson, in Manipur's tribal inhabited Kangpokpi district.
The mortal remains of Singson first arrived in Nagaland's Dimapur airport from Ahmedabad on June 19 and were then taken to Kangpokpi district, avoiding Manipur's capital, Imphal, due to the ongoing ethnic tension and security reasons.
Singson was a resident of Kangpokpi district and belonged to the tribal
Thadou community
.
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