Karnal, April 24 -- Indian Naval officer Vinay Narwal, 26, was cremated with full military honours at the cremation grounds in Model Town area of Karnal on Wednesday.

His younger sister Srishti Narwal lit the pyre as a sea of people emerged at the grounds amid chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai".

Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, BJP state president Mohan Lal Badoli, Punjab finance minister Harpal Cheema, former deputy CM Dushyant Chautala, Haryana Youth Congress president Divyanshu Budhiraja, deputy commissioner Uttam Singh, superintendent of police Ganga Ram Punia, MLA Jagmohan Anand and others were present.

Vinay was among the 26 tourists who were shot dead by terrorists in Pahalgam of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.

He was on a honeymoon...