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Maha: Captain Sumit Sabharwal cremated in Mumbai

Maha: Captain Sumit Sabharwal cremated in Mumbai

Mumbai, June 17 (UNI) Captain Sumit Sabharwal who was among 241 victims on board ill fated Air India Flight 171 that crashed near Ahmedabad airport on June 12, was cremated in crematorium at Chakala in suburban Andheri on Tuesday.
Following the AI plane crash, the bodies of the deceased are being handed over to the relatives of the deceased after testing their DNA samples for the last four days.
After the body of Sabharwal reached his house at Powai in Mumbai today, the residents of the society had gathered in large numbers.

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