Shimla: The mortal remains of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who died in a Tejas fighter jet crash at the Dubai Air Show, was on Sunday brought to his native place in Himachal Pradesh and cremated with full military honours.

Wing Commander Syal, 34, hailed from Patiyalkar village near Yol in Nagrota Bagwan tehsil in Kangra district. Wing Commander Syal, known for an exceptional service record, was posted at the Hyderabad airbase.

He is survived by his wife Afsaan, also an IAF officer, and their five-year-old daughter.

His father, Jagan Nath, an ex-serviceman who later served as a principal in the Himachal Pradesh Education Department, and his mother Bina Devi were in Hyderabad to meet their son when the tragedy struck on November 21 after the HAL-designed Tej

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