Last Updated:November 23, 2025, 18:14 IST In an emotional moment, Wing Commander Afshan stood beside her husband’s coffin and offered a final salute Wing Commander Afshan Akhtar, wife of Wing Commander Namansh Syal, salutes as his mortal remains are brought to his ancestral home. (PTI photo) Wing Commander Afshan on Sunday paid her final respects to her husband, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who tragically lost his life in a Tejas fighter jet crash during the Dubai Air Show on November 21. His mortal remains were brought back to his ancestral village, Patialkar in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, where preparations were made for his last rites. In an emotional moment, Wing Commander Afshan stood beside her husband’s coffin and offered a final salute, her eyes filled with tears as she bid him farewell. #WATCH | Himachal Pradesh: Wing Commander Afshan salutes her husband, Wing Commander Namansh Syal, as she pays her last respects to him.Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the LCA Tejas crash in Dubai on 21st November. pic.twitter.com/DPKwARut4r — ANI (@ANI) …