PATNA, June 13 -- A pall of gloom has descended upon two villages of Bihar -- Kayamnagar in Bhojpur and Hulasganj Banbariya village in Jehanabad district -- as two locals were among five airmen killed in the Jorhat aircrash. The news of deaths of Shubham Kumar (25) and Agniveervayu Danish Alam (22) brought a wave of grief to villages that went into mourning ever since the tragic news broke.

Flight lieutenant Shubham Kumar (25), son of a farmer Pappu Sharma from Hulasganj Banbariya village in Jehanabad, had joined the IAF after completing training at the National Defence Academy in 2017. His wedding was scheduled in November this year. In the first week of April, he had visited his native place to attend his grandmother's rituals (shraddh...