comScore
  • Arunachal helicopter crash tragedy : Major Mustafa Bohara, died in a helicopter mishap just days before his wedding

    National
    Arunachal helicopter crash tragedy : Major Mustafa Bohara, died in a helicopter mishap just days before his wedding




     



    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.