Navik Manoj Kumar cremated with honours in Jhajjar district

Was killed in helicopter crash during sortie in Gujarat

Tribune News Service

Jhajjar, Updated At : 02:45 AM Jan 08, 2025 IST

SDM Ravindra Yadav lays a wreath during the last rites of Navik Manoj Kumar at Mundahera village in Jhajjar on Tuesday. Photo: Sumit Tharan

Pradhan Navik Manoj Kumar, who lost his life along with two pilots in a crash of an Indian Coast Guard helicopter during a sortie at Porbandar Airport in Gujarat on Sunday, was cremated with full military honours at his native Mundahera village of Jhajjar district on Tuesday.

Personnel from the Indian Coast Guard and Haryana Police reversed their arms and fired gunshots into the air as a mark of respect. Jhajjar SDM Ravindra Yadav represented the district administration, offering a wreath on Kumar's mortal remains.

His last rites were marked by chants of "Jab tak suraj chand rahega, Manoj Kumar tera naam rahega" and "Bharat Mata ki jai".

Zila Parishad chairman Captain Singh Birdhana praised Manoj Kumar as a courageous sailor, who died in the line of duty.

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