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News18
a day ago
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- News18
Air India Tragedy: Infant Denied Entry At Immigration Centre Until Mother Paid £1,000, Both Die
Last Updated: Manish Kamdar's family is devastated after losing daughter Yasha, her mother-in-law, and 15-month-old Rudra in the plane crash. The toll rose to 279, leaving families inconsolable. A pall of gloom descended upon the family of Manish Kamdar who lost their daughter Yasha, her mother-in-law and the youngest member of the family, 15-month-old Rudra. As Ahmedabad plane crash shocked the world, those who lost their loved ones remained inconsolable. As toll in plane crash rose to 279 on Saturday, bereaving families struggle to come to terms with their losses. Manish Kamdar still can't accept that his daughter and her family members are no more as he sits in the civil hospital. As he laments the deaths of his loved ones, several 'what ifs" lingers in his head. He questions what if they didn't bard the plane. Yasha faced trouble while boarding but the ill-fated plane did not leave her stranded. Yasha was an Indian passport holder while her mother-in-law and son were British nationals. Kamdar recalled what transpired at the immigration centre
Time of India
2 days ago
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- Time of India
Nagpur bizman Kamdar's daughter, grandson die in Ahmedabad crash
Nagpur: City businessman, Manish Kamdar, 62, twice wished his daughter, Yasha, safe journey and spoke to his two-year-old grandson, Rudra, too just before they boarded the Air India (AI) flight to London. Fifteen minutes later, he heard the plane had crashed. Kamdar, sitting in his Quetta Colony residence in Nagpur, hoped against hope that his daughter and grandson had survived. Soon, the tragedy began to sink in. Talking to TOI, Kamdar said, "I spoke to her twice before take-off and she seemed excited to go to London and she wished me well. I cannot believe Yasha is no more. Let me see her once." The Kamdars, who run a flourishing signage printing business in Nagpur, swiftly drove down to Ahmedabad. Yasha Kamdar Modha, 32, who grew up in Nagpur and did her post-graduation in mathematics from Germany, was married into a family in Porbandar. She was travelling with her son, Rudra, and mother-in-law, Rakshaben, to attend a prayer and condolence meeting of her father-in-law in London on June 22. Rakshaben also died in the crash. Yasha's husband, Kishan Modha a businessman dealing in batteries, narrowly escaped tragedy. He initially planned to join his wife, son, and mother but deferred his travel, a decision that spared his life but left him to bear unimaginable loss. The tragedy plunged the city-based Kamdars and Porbandar's Mohda family into profound grief. Family sources shared that initial hopes of Rudra's survival were soon dashed. The Kamdar family's roots in Quetta Colony made their loss deeply personal for Nagpur's Gujarati community. "The authorities must conduct a high-level probe to unearth the reason behind the accident," a Quetta Colony resident told TOI. The family was already going through a tough time. Yasha's father-in-law had succumbed to cancer and the family was planning to finally settle down in Gujarat after winding up their business in London, said a relative. "We had no clue about her well-being, except that Rudra was perhaps safe. However, I have been desperately calling up the civil surgeon at Ahmedabad, but there was no reply," he said. Yasha is survived by her husband, parent and brother. Kamdars are an ethnic Gujarati community living in Nagpur for four generations. Even Yasha's family has many relatives here. The Jain community in Nagpur expressed grief over the death of Manish Kamdar's daughter, Yasha, along with her son and mother-in-law, Rakshaben. The Mahasangh, Sthanakvasi and Dasha Shrimali Samaj offered their condolences and prayers for departed souls. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
India Today
3 days ago
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- India Today
3 of Nagpur family, headed to London for funeral, killed in Ahmedabad plane crash
A family from Nagpur headed to London for a funeral was among the victims of the London-bound Air India flight AI171, which crashed moments after taking off from Ahmedabad. The Kamdar-Modha family lost three of its members in one of the deadliest aviation disasters in the world in a decade, with at least 204 people confirmed dead and 41 critically from Nagpur, 32-year-old Yasha Kamdar had been living in Ahmedabad since her marriage to the Modha family four years ago. She was travelling to London with her one-and-a-half-year-old son, Rudra Modha, and her mother-in-law, 58-year-old Raksha trio had boarded the flight to attend a funeral for Yasha's father-in-law, Kishor Modha, who had passed away recently in Ahmedabad after battling cancer. He had lived in London for many years before returning to India for treatment. The family's plan was for Yasha, her son, and mother-in-law to travel ahead for the funeral, while her husband was scheduled to join them a few days later. Tragically, all three were on board when the aircraft crashed into a government hospital hostel near the airport shortly after authorities have not yet officially confirmed their deaths, their names appeared on the airline's passenger list - Yasha Kamdar (List No. 74), Raksha Modha (List No. 95), and Rudra Modha (List No. 96).advertisementUpon receiving the heartbreaking news, Yasha's parents in Nagpur immediately left for Ahmedabad via the Samruddhi Expressway. The Kamdar family's neighbours in Nagpur were in shock and Chafle, a neighbour of Yasha's parental home, described her as a kind and cheerful person who had kept close ties with her hometown even after her crash of AI171, which had 242 people on board, has left the nation stunned. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik confirmed the death toll and said the condition of the injured was extremely critical. The flight was en route to London when it went down, turning a routine journey into a national Watch
