Mumbai, June 15 -- A couple and their two year old daughter from Vani town in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district were among the seven people killed when a helicopter ferrying pilgrims from Kedarnath crashed near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand Sunday morning.
The Bell 407 chopper, operated by Aryan Aviation, crashed minutes after taking off from Kedarnath on its return leg to Guptkashi.
According to the details Rajkumar Jaiswal,41 who runs a transport business, his wife, Shraddha Jaiswal, 35, and their two-year-old daughter, Kashi, were on a Char Dham pilgrimage that they began on June 12, fulfilling a long-standing religious vow.
Jaiswal family sources said that the couple 's six-year-old son, Vivaan, survived only because he had stayed back in P...