Arjun Patolia, a father-of-two, had been visiting a village in the Amreli district in Gujarat to immerse his deceased wife's ashes in a local river.

Arjun Patolia, a father-of-two, had been visiting a village in the Amreli district in Gujarat to immerse his deceased wife's ashes in a local river.

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Dhir and Heer Baxi, who are both in their 20s, travelled from the UK capital to Ahmedabad for the visit and were returning to Gatwick when their plane crashed.

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Arjun Patoliya had travelled to India to hold a funeral for his wife Bharti who died from cancer just weeks earlier