Last Updated:February 24, 2026, 14:41 IST With road travel not possible for Sanjay Shaw, who had suffered 65% burns, the family had borrowed Rs 8 lakh from friends, kin for an air ambulance to transport him to Delhi The air ambulance that crashed in Kasariya Panchayat, Simariya block of Chatra district, in Jharkhand. (Image: ANI) The family of Sanjay Kumar Shaw, 41, the patient who was being transported to Delhi for advanced treatment, had taken a loan of around Rs 8 lakh to hire the air ambulance that crashed in Jharkhand’s Chatra district shortly after taking off from Ranchi. All seven on-board — Shaw, his wife Archana Devi, relative Dhruv Kumar, doctor Vikas Kumar Gupta, nurse Sachin Kumar Mishra, and pilots Captain Vivek Vikas Bhagat and Captain Savrajdeep Singh – died in the mishap. Shaw suffered 65% burns last Monday after an electric short circuit at his restaurant in Chandwa triggered a fire. As his condition deteriorated, the family decided to shift him to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi for advanced care. #WATCH …