India, June 17 -- An Indian-origin entrepreneur in UAE has expressed his sorrow over the death of the students who were killed after an Air India flight crashed into a medical college hostel mess moments after taking off from an airport in Ahmedabad. In his post, he pledged to pay Rs.6 crore to the families of the students who died in this tragedy.

"They were future frontline heroes. Manav, Aaryan, Rakesh, and Jaiprakash were preparing to save lives, not lose their own. The AI171 crash took them from us. Pledging Rs.6 crore to support their families and others affected," Dr Shamsheer Vayalil, whose X bio says he is an entrepreneur in UAE, shared the post.

"Having lived in medical hostels, the images felt painfully familiar. This gesture...