Life had already dealt him a cruel blow; his wife had recently passed away in London. Fulfilling her last wish, Arjunbhai returned to his hometown to perform her final rites, leaving behind their two children in London.
In Vadiya, surrounded by grieving relatives, he completed the besnu and other rituals with a heavy heart. With memories weighing him down and duty fulfilled, he boarded Air India flight AI171 on 12 June 2025 to return to his children, but fate had other plans.
The aircraft crashed, and the man who had come to bid farewell to his beloved, never returned to the children they once raised together.
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