Thousands of people attended the funeral of Wing Commander Mohit Rana, who died after a twin-seater MiG-21 aircraft of the IAF crashed in Barmer district of Rajasthan on Thursday, at the cremation ground in Sector 25 here on Saturday.
With moist eyes, family, friends and colleagues bid final farewell to Rana, who’s mortal remains reached his home in Mullanpur earlier in the day. Before the cremation, his wife Nidhi and their three-year-old daughter paid floral tribute to him. His two sisters tied Rakhi on the mortal remains. His wife and cousin lit the pyre.
His father Lt Col O P Rana (retd) said he came to know about the death of his son around 12 midnight on Friday through his daughter-in-law. Rana, a native of Mandi district of HP, said he had a happy family, his son had celebrated his birthday on July 23, but now everything was lost.
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