Naval Officer Lt Kiran Shekhawat Laid To Rest With Full Military Honours

29 March, Chandigarh

The mortal remains of Lt Kiran Shekhawat, the woman officer who died in the line of duty, was Sunday consigned to flames with full military honours in Kurthala village of Mewat district in Haryana.

Commoners and political leaders, cutting across party lines paid their homage to the departed soul. Accompanied by the Navy officials, the body of the young officer was brought in the village wrapped around in a tricolour.

Three days ago, Lt Shekhawat’s body was recovered from the fuselage of the ill-fated Dornier Aircraft of the Navy, which had crashed during a training sortie off the Goa coast.