Digital Desk: Major Mustafa Bohara's family in
Udaipur has been under a cloud since Friday. Bohara was one of five soldiers
killed in the Indian Army helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang
area.
Relatives of the army officer have been visiting his
home since Friday afternoon to soothe the family. According to Live Hindustan,
Bohara's father, who works in Kuwait, was on his way to Udaipur.
Hitesh
Kumar, a Udaipur local who coordinated with the family, said the deceased
soldier's mother and sister are in poor health because they have been
inconsolable. The family is from Kheroda village and lives on Udaipur's Ajanta
Hotel Street. Preeti Shaktawat, MLA for Vallabhnagar, visited the family on
Saturday morning and consoled them.
Bohara
had completed his primary schooling at Kheroda's Uday Shiksha Mandir Higher
Secondary School. He attended St Paul's School after moving to Udaipur. He then
joined the Indian Army.
Bohara
was rumoured to be getting married soon. Instead of a wedding procession, the
bridegroom's body will be returned wrapped in the national flag.
His
father, Zakiuddin Bohara, mother, Fatima Bohara, and sister, Alefiya Bohara,
survive him.
The
body should arrive by Sunday evening.
Other
victims of the crash included major Vikas Bhambhu, CFN Tech AVN (AEN) Aswin KV,
havildar (OPR) Biresh Sinha, and NK (Ppr) Rohitashva Kumar.
The
advanced light helicopter (ALH), which was carrying five soldiers, including
two pilots, was on a routine mission when it crashed at 10.43 a.m. on Friday
near Migging, about 25 kilometres south of Tuting.
The bodies of the four other troops were retrieved Friday evening
from the crash site in a highly forested mountainous area about 35 kilometres
from the Chinese border, according to defence spokesperson Lt Col AS Walia.
The officer stated that the cause of the crash is unknown and that
details are being gathered.
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