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Pilot killed in MiG-21 crash cremated in Jammu, thousands pay tribute

30/07/2022 04:31 PM | Click to read full article

Slogans for his long afterlife rented the air, as coffin of Flight Lieutenant Advitiya Bal arrived at his home in Jinder Mehlu hamlet of border belt of RS Pura, where thousands of people gathered to pay their last respects to the fighter pilot.

In an atmosphere of gloom, the village youth mourned the death of their role model, who rose to become a fighter pilot from this small hamlet.

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