Thrissur: The mortal remains of Junior Warrant Officer A Pradeep consigned to flames with military honors at his home in Puthur. State Police have given the Guard of Honor.
Pradeep’s seven-year-old son lit the funeral pyre, assisted by Pradeep’s brother and other relatives.
The body was placed in a public darshan at the Puthur School where Pradeep studied. The latter arrived at the residence in Ponnukkara. A large crowd gathered around the school to pay their last respects to Pradeep. Hundreds of people came to the house to pay their last respects.
His body was brought to Thrissur from Sulur. Minister K. Rajan and K. Krishna Kutty received the body at Walayar.
India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and Brigadier LS Lidder were among those who were killed in the chopper crash that occurred reportedly due to bad weather. Pradeep was among the five of the 10 bodies identified on Saturday.
