Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Katra Chopper Crash: Jammu couple given tearful funeral

Jammu: Hundreds of villagers along with ministers and leaders on Tuesday bade tearful adieu to Arjun Chib and his wife Vandana, who were killed in chopper crash near Katra on Monday.

25-year-old Arjun Singh Chib, a resident in the Gho Manasa area in the outskirts of Jammu city, had married Vandana (22) on November 18 following they left home to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi.

The newly-wed and their cousin were among the seven persons killed in the helicopter crash in Katra yesterday.

Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Choudhary Sukhnandan Kumar attended the funeral ceremony of Arjun and his wife Vandana.

The Deputy Chief Minister also interacted with the family members of the deceased family and expressed sympathies with them.

Singh said that the government would provide every possible support to the family.
25/11/15 PTI/Times of India
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