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Time of India
12 hours ago
- Time of India
Funerals of crash victims held across Anand
Vadodara: A wave of mourning rippled through Anand district of Central Gujarat — known for its high proportion of non-resident Indians — on Monday, as the mortal remains of seven AI-171 crash victims reached their homes in coffins, wrapped in white shrouds. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Amid cloudy weather and intermittent showers, funerals and burials of the victims were carried out, with hundreds of grieving relatives, friends, neighbours, members of the district administration and political leaders thronging the coffins, offering floral tributes and lamenting the tragic deaths of loved ones. Since Sunday, a pall of gloom descended over several small towns and villages of Anand district, which accounted for at least 33 of the passengers who lost their lives in the crash. On Sunday, the funerals of Mahendra Vaghela, who boarded the flight to see with his newborn grandson; and 65-year-old Mukund Patel, who was on his way to London to meet his wife, son and daughter-in-law; were carried out at Ramnagar and Piploi villages of the coastal taluka of Khambhat. On Monday, the final rites of Akash Purohit, 25, were carried out at Khambolaj, where his father Nilesh mourned the loss of his son. Like the Purohits, the Mistry family in Anand city mourned the death of Kinal Suresh Mistry, the young woman who had recently moved to London with aspirations of starting a new business venture. The burial of Yasmin Vohra, a 51-year-old woman from Vadodara, who had deferred her flight to London, where she hoped to be with her pregnant daughters-in-law, was also carried out at a crematorium in Anand, according to the wishes of her family. Her remains were initially brought to Vadodara from where they were taken to Anand. The remains of two passengers reached Tarapur and Borsad towns of Anand district, while burials of the Halani family, a prominent business family that lost three members — 62-year-old Badruddin Halani, his wife Yasmin, 60, and sister-in-law Malek, 65 — were scheduled for later on Monday night.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Grief grips Anand as bodies of three AI victims return home
Vadodara: As the bodies of the victims of the ill-fated Air India flight began arriving in Anand from Ahmedabad, a pall of gloom descended over the NRI-dominated towns and villages of central Gujarat on Sunday. At least 33 passengers from this region had boarded the doomed flight. In the quiet village of Ramnagar in Anand taluka, relatives and villagers gathered to mourn the loss of Mahendra Vaghela. He had boarded the flight on Thursday afternoon, filled with excitement for his first-ever trip to London, where he was eager to meet his newborn granddaughter. On Sunday, his family performed his final rites in the very village where he had shared his hopes. Similar scenes of sorrow unfolded in other parts of the district. In Piploi village of Khambhat and in Khambholaj, families prepared for the funerals of Mukund Patel, 65, and Akash Purohit, 25. Their mortal remains arrived from Ahmedabad in ambulances. Patel was headed to London to reunite with his wife, son, and daughter-in-law. He never made it. Purohit, meanwhile, had flown in to be with his ailing father, Nilesh Purohit, who was hospitalised.
