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IAF aircraft wreckage: Two Odia families wait for bodies to perform last rites

IndiaTimes Saturday, 13 January 2024
Though more than seven years have passed since the disappearance of Charana Moharana and Purna Chandra Senapti, two of the 29 persons aboard the Indian Air Force's AN-32 transport aircraft that went missing over the Bay of Bengal in July 2016, their families still await the bodies to perform the last rites. ​​For all these years, both the families did not perform the last rites hoping that the bodies would be found one day. Both the families believe that bodies are required for performing last rites.
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