Kochi, June 17 (UNI) UAE-based Malayali businessman Dr Shamsheer Vayalil has donated Rs 1 crore each to the kin of medical students killed in the Air India crash in Ahmedabad.

The founder and chairman of the UAE-based Burjeel Holdings said, "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."

"Having lived in medical hostels, the images felt painfully familiar. This gesture is personal. It stands with the students who never got to serve and with the families now carrying their memories forward," he said in a message.

He said he was deeply shaken by the horrific incident and also recalled his college days at Kasturba Medical College in Mangaluru and Sri Ramachandra Medical College in Chennai.

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