Last rites of officer killed in J&K copter crash carried out

Chandigarh: The last rites of of Squadron Leader Siddharth Vashisht, who died in a helicopter crash in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, were performed here on Friday with full military honours.
The mortal remains of the officer had arrived at the Air Force station here on a service aircraft on Thursday. It was taken to the cremation ground from his residence here in Sector 44 on a bedecked IAF vehicle.
In uniform, the deceased officer’s wife, Aarti, who is also a squadron leader, laid a wreath before the last rites were performed. Siddharth Vashisht’s father lit the funeral pyre. (PTI)