Lucknow, 27 December : The CMS family
mourned the untimely demise of Wing Commander Harshit Sinha, an alumnus of City
Montessori School, Mahanagar Campus. A prayer meeting was held at City
Montessori School, Mahanagar Campus today to pay homage to its former student
and Indian Air Force fighter pilot, Wing Commander Harshit Sinha who was martyred
when his MiG-21 plane crashed during a training sortie in Jaisalmer on December
24. A large number of teachers, staff and students including CMS Founder, Dr
Jagdish Gandhi, Principal of CMS Mahanagar Campus, Dr Kalpana Tripathi, CMS
Chief Public Relations Officer, Shri Hari Om Sharma paid their last respects to
the departed soul by observing a 2-minute silence and offered flowers on his
photograph. Wing Commander Harshit was a very popular fighter pilot who had
more than 2500 hours of flying experience. He was from the same 51 squadron,
whose pilot Wing Commander Varthaman Abhinandan had shot down a Pakistani F-16
fighter plane.
Paying
his tributes to Wing Commander Harshit, CMS Founder, Dr Jagdish Gandhi said
that we all are with his
family in this hour of grief. CMS has lost a brilliant star today. He was a
brave soldier and the entire country is proud of him. May God grant his
bereaved wife and family strength to bear this terrible loss.
Principal
of CMS Mahanagar campus, while expressing grief on her student’s demise, said
that Harshit was a very
disciplined student and wanted to join Indian Air Force from his student days.
He fulfilled his dream of becoming an ace fighter pilot when he was
commissioned in 2004, becoming the first in his family to serve the defence
forces.
CMS
Chief Public Relations Officer, Shri Hari Om Sharma said that the untimely demise of Harshit is a loss for the entire country. Our school
will always remain proud of him. Wing Commander Harshit will always stay in our
hearts.
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