Mortal stays of Junior Warrant Officer Rana Pratap Das, who was killed within the Mi-17V5 helicopter crash, was cremated with full nationwide honour in his parental village in Odisha’s Angul district on Saturday.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his ministerial colleagues paid homage when physique of deceased JWO, who together with India’s Chief of Defence Workers Bipin Rawat died in helicopter crash, reached Biju Pantaik Airport right here within the morning.
Hundreds of individuals together with ministers, elected representatives, police personnel, relations, associates and native individuals waited for hours to pay tributes when his physique was taken to his village Krushnachandrapur. His final rites have been carried out adopted by a 21-gun salute.
