India, Jan. 30 -- The last rites of flight attendant Pinky Mali, who died in a plane crash that also killed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and three others, were performed on Thursday at central Mumbai's Shivaji Park crematorium, officials said. Pinky Mali's family broke down in grief as they gathered around her funeral pyre, the sombre moment marked by quiet sobs and loud wails.

Earlier, her mortal remains were brought in an ambulance from Baramati, where she died in the air tragedy, to the Kharigaon locality in neighbouring Thane city. Pinky (29), who got married three years ago, had been living in the area with her husband for the past four months.

The remains were then taken to her maternal home at Prabhadevi in centra...