A Durga pooja pandal organised on October 3, in Hooghly district of West Bengal, has come under fire after the theme was based on the tragic Ahmedabad Air India plane crash that killed 260 people and one survivor.

On June 12, the Air India AI 171 flight scheduled from Ahmedabad to London crashed into a hostel block of BJ Medical College, where students were having lunch. The crash occurred 32 seconds after takeoff, killing all 12 crew members and 229 of the 230 passengers. One passenger miraculously survived with minor injuries. Nineteen students perished and 67 others were seriously injured.

The Durga pooja pandal recreated the horrific scene by depicting a portion of a dummy aircraft crashing into a model of a hostel building, complete with fireworks, smoke, debris, a painful resembl

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