There was a grim atmosphere in Patialkar in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district where Wing Commander Namansh Syal’s wife Afshan Akhtar, also a Wing Commander in the Indian Air Force (IAF), paid a tearful tribute to her husband who was killed after his Tejas fighter jet crashed during the Dubai Air Show on Friday. Wing Commander Syal’s mortal remains were brought to his ancestral village earlier in the day, where he was cremated with full state honours.
