Ahmedabad plane crash: Anand's Bhavesh was flying for his daughter's baby shower

Ahmedabad: Bhavesh Patel, 52, from Sojitra, Anand had booked his tickets only on Wednesday. He wanted to surprise his daughter in London. After living alone for years following his divorce, the news of his daughter's pregnancy had brought some happiness to his life and he just wouldn't miss her baby shower for the world.

After all, his grandchild was arriving after six years of waiting.

Outside Asarwa Trauma Centre, Jalpesh Patel-his cousin-stands stoic. "Just a while ago, we were so happy. We had come to see him off and he was ecstatic," he says.

While no official confirmation about any death-accept that of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani-has been made, seeing a train of charred dead bodies arriving at the Civil Hospital, Jalpesh expects the worst. "The way it looks, we shall have to wait a while before we even get the body. What I have seen so far are the ones charred beyond recognition," he adds.

For Ajaz Bohra, also from Anand, the wait outside the hospital gate is getting heavier by the minute. "Three of our family members were in that plane and no one is telling us what has happened to them," he says, adding: "We can't even get inside the hospital building but looks like every VIP can," his anger spills over.

At the crash site, locals run around with boxes of drinking water while some ply the cops to the crash site or drop a tired media personnel back to the point where the police have set up a security perimetre to stop vehicles.