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Army helicopter crash: Lt Col dies of accidents, cremation as we speak

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THE MORTAL stays of Lt Colonel Rishab Sharma, who died in an Army helicopter crash Monday evening, have been flown to Delhi by a service plane on Tuesday. The cremation will taken place in his hometown Faridabad, an Army PRO mentioned.
Two pilots have been critically injured when the helicopter crashlanded at Basohli Brigade headquarters close to Lakhanpur on Monday night. While Lt Colonel Sharma died of his accidents, the situation of the co-pilot, Captain Anjani Kumar Singh, continues to be crucial, the PRO mentioned.
Lt Colonel Sharma’s spouse, five-year-old son and oldsters, who have been by the way in Pathankot on a go to, have been additionally flown again to Delhi within the service plane.

Offering condolences to the household, an Army tweet mentioned that Western Army Commander Lt General R P Singh and all ranks “salute the supreme sacrifice” of Lt Colonel Sharma.