State bids adieu to Pradeep
The Hindu
Cremated with full State and military honours on family compound
Junior warrant officer A. Pradeep, who was killed in the helicopter crash at Coonoor, was cremated with full State and military honours on the compound of his house at Ponnukkara on Saturday.
Pradeep’s eight-year-old son Dakshan Dev lit the funeral pyre. Air Force personnel chanted slogans Warrant Officer Pradeep Amar Rahe. Pradeep’s uniform and the national flag that covered the coffin that carried his mortal remains were handed over to his wife Sreelakshmi before the body was taken to the pyre.
All arrangements for the funeral were done under the control of the Air Force and a 70-member team gave the guard of honour to him.
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