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Plea for gallantry award for IAF pilot killed in crash
A Punjab minister asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to recommend to the Centre to honour with gallantry award an IAF pilot killed in a recent MIG crash in Muktsar district.
Updated on: Sep 24, 2009, 24:25:19 IST
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A Punjab minister on Wednesday asked Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to recommend to the Centre to honour with gallantry award an IAF pilot killed in a recent MIG crash in Muktsar district.
Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, in a letter to the CM, said Lt Manu Akhauri saved the lives of many on the ground at Gidderbaha in Muktsar even when his life was at stake.
On September 10, a MIG 21 flying over a village with over 6,000 population had developed some technical snag and caught fire. The audacious fighter then averted a crash near a bus and a petrol pump, before hitting the ground.
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