
Jaguar jet crash: Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav cremated with full military honours
The Hindu
Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, killed in Jaguar fighter jet crash, cremated with full military honors in Haryana village.
Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav, who was killed in the Jaguar fighter jet crash in Gujarat, was cremated with full military honours at his native Majra Bhalkhi village in Haryana’s Rewari district on Friday (April 4, 2025).
Yadav (28) died in the aircraft crash incident near the Jamnagar Indian Air Force (IAF) station on Wednesday (April 2, 2025) night.
Having got recently engaged, he was to get married in November this year, his family said.
The pilot belonged to a family of ex-servicemen, with his father Sushil having served in the IAF and grandfather and great-grandfather also having served in the army.
His mortal remains arrived in Rewari before being taken to his native village.
A large number of people, including several ex-servicemen carrying the tricolour in their hands, stood on roads showering flower petals as the vehicle carrying the IAF officer’s mortal remains passed through.
The IAF personnel offered a gun salute as his mortal remains were consigned to flames.