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The body was escorted to the home by a group of passionate youths carrying tricolour flag and raising slogans in praise of Deepak.As the personnel’s body reached his home, his family members broke into tears. He was posted at Srinagar air base. At around 1 pm on Wednesday, I received a phone call from Srinagar Air Base wherein I was informed about the demise of my son following crash of Mi-17 chopper in Garend Kalan village of Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir.” A member of each of the families will be given a job in the government while a road in their districts will be named after them,” said an official.The mortal remains of the IAF personnel reached Deepak’s home where residents of the locality had gathered in a large number. Kanpur: Mortal remains of Corporal Deepak Pandey, who was among the six killed in IAF chopper Mi-17 crash in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning, arrived at his residence at Mangla Vihar in Chakeri area late on Thursday evening..