Air India crash: relatives struggle to break news of Anju's death to elderly parents
After her marriage, Anju had settled in Vadodara in the 1990s. She had boarded the London-bound flight to meet her elder daughter – Nimmi. She is survived by two daughters. He husband passed away a few years ago.
'We are all in a state of shock in the village. I don't know how to inform my brother (Anju's father) about the news of her passing. I am unable to muster the courage. How will they bear the weight of this tragedy,' Balkishan Sharma, Anju's uncle told the media persons.
'It's hard to believe for us, she visited her parents last month and stayed here for a fortnight, and now she is no more. Her father Jagdish Sharma, a retired government employee, has not been keeping well for some time and mother Santosh Sharma is also aged. We are trying to find how to disclose the news, but we can't hide it for too long,' he said.
Mr. Balkishan said Anju's late husband was an engineer who worked in the oil industry.
A few other members of Anju's extended family at her native village remembered her as a compassionate and caring person who supported her family.
'The loss has shattered our family,' they added.
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