Karnal, May 5 -- Thousands of mourners from different walks of life gathered to pay their final respects to Naval Officer Lt Vinay Narwal during a prayer meeting organised in his memory in Karnal on Sunday.

The meeting, held at Dr Mangal Sen Auditorium, witnessed huge crowd.

Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Harvinder Kalyan; Suman Saini, wife of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini; MLAs Jagmohan Anand and Yogender Rana; mayor Renu Bala Gupta; AITF chief Viresh Shandilya; officers from Indian Navy; administrative officials and others were present.

The slain officer's widow, Himanshi, his parents Rajesh and Aasha, sat in silent grief, while his twin sister Srishti Narwal addressed the gathering on behalf of the family.

She shared childhood ane...