LAST rites of Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, pilot in command of the Air India plane that crashed in Ahmedabadlastweek,wereperformed in Mumbai on Tuesday with his griefstricken fatherbiddingaheart-wrenching, tearful farewell to his son before the cremation. In a related development, Maithili Patil, a crew member aboard the illfated Air India flight AI-171, was cremated in Raigad district amid outpouringof emotions aslocalresidents, relatives and friends turnedupinlarge numbers to pay tributes to her.Mortal remains of both Sabharwal and Patil were brought to Mumbai from Ahmedabad earlier in the day, nearly a week after the crash.

 

The lastrites of Sabharwalwereperformed at an electriccrematoriuminsuburbanChakala in the presence of family members. Afterperforming the finalritesof the 56-year-old veteran pilot, his father and other familymembersleft thecrematorium at around 11.15 am, an official said. Earlier in the morning, the casket carrying the mortal remains of Sabharwal reached the Mumbai airport by a flight and was taken to his residence, located at Jal Vayu Vihar in Powai area, by his family members.