Karnal, March 8 -- Two days after Squadron Leader Anuj Vashisht, 32, died in a Sukhoi (Su-30 MKI) aircraft crash in Assam, he was cremated with full military honours on Saturday at his ancestral village of Kakrana in Rohtak.

Anuj is survived by his parents and a younger brother, Manuj, who is currently based at England. His father, Anand Kumar is a retired subedar from the Indian Army.

During the ceremony, many locals, public representatives, and administrative officials paid their tributes.

On behalf of the state government, Haryana tourism minister Arvind Kumar Sharma paid tribute to the deceased and met the bereaved family to express his condolences.

He said that the soldier's supreme sacrifice for the country would always be remem...