An India Air Force Mi-17 V5 helicopter crashed on October 6, 2017 in Arunachal Pradesh's Chuna area killing all seven people on board.

Out of all the people who were onboard, five were from IAF and two were from the Indian Army. All of them died after their helicopter crashed around 12 kilometers from India-China border and around 100 kilometers from Tawang near the Yangstse sector early in the morning.

The bodies of the martyrs were soon sent back and were sent covered in parachute and cardboard boxes.

The reason why bodies were sent in that condition was because all the bodies were charred and needed to be moved quickly.

But, after the pictures of the 'temporary' caskets were shared online by a few, many were angered to see the 'ill-treatment' of the martyrs.

Lt Gen H S Panag, on his Twitter account, shared the image of the caskets evoking a rage among many. Many slammed the Indian Army and Defence Ministry for their resources without verifying what had really happened. As we know, it has become a trend on the social media to pass judgements based on inadequate information and leads to misplaced rage.

Seven young men stepped out into the sunshine yesterday, to serve their motherland. India. This is how they came home. pic.twitter.com/OEKKcyWj0p - Lt Gen H S Panag(R) (@rwac48) October 8, 2017

This is how people reacted to the situation:

This is how we treat our martyrs! Shameful https://t.co/052Y6DjIbB - KunÄ?l Majumder (@kunalmajumder) October 9, 2017

Arunachal Pradesh chopper crash: Martyrs bodies wrapped in cardboard boxes #VerySed ?? pic.twitter.com/jAgwrBCjao October 9, 2017

Shameful. This is how we treat the bodies of our soldiers. What kind of nationalists are we? https://t.co/l8VTkCt9uU - Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) October 8, 2017

The nation which can't respect it's soldiers can't live with pride - HUSNA SHAIKH (@husnaziauddin) October 8, 2017

But what people did not know was that the photo wasn't only of the martyrs. The photo shared online was taken at the 1st base where the bodies were received initially.

Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADGPI - Indian Army) tweeted about the matter to clear the misunderstandings.

Here is what the tweets said

Mortal remains of heptr accident in HAA on 6 Oct 17 recovered, sent wrapped in local resources is an aberration. pic.twitter.com/NDvEvBo87F - ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) October 8, 2017

Fallen soldiers always given full military honour. Carriage of mortal remains in body bags, wooden boxes,coffins will be ensured. pic.twitter.com/XSom29pWoF - ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) October 8, 2017

This is how they finally came home. The initial recovery was difficult. You of all people should know the remote locations @rwac48 pic.twitter.com/WZgyOJrLzc - Nitin A. Gokhale (@nitingokhale) October 8, 2017

In mountain areas, this process is considered quite normal by the Indian Army as most of the army bases are located in remote places.

Even in the most commercial hilly areas, it is tough to get all the resources even when there is a dire need because of connectivity issues. This also shows how our Army sustains in the remote areas across the nation.

The team which received the charred bodies had to package them as soon as possible to avoid further damage. The bodies were packed in cargo and parachute packaging was used to be sent to the first site for preparation and casket.

The bodies had to be covered because no family would want to see their loved ones in that condition. Even though body bags are necessary, the Army had to shift them in make-shift caskets because that was the need of the hour.

The issue was later cleared by the Defence Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman as well when she received a briefing regarding this issue.

ARMY'S RESPONSE

Here's the official statement released by the army on the matter:

"In a very sad accident on 6 October 2017, one MI-17V5 crashed near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. The accident occurred in high altitude area while the helicopter was undertaking maintenance sortie. The post is not connected by any road.

Immediately seeing the accident, all soldiers of the post commenced the recovery effort in the treacherous terrain. As the helicopter had caught fire, the recovery was difficult. On 6 October, the mortal remains of the crew and the soldiers who died in the helicopter crash were collected from the wreckage and were promptly moved to the nearest helipad.

Due to constraints in high altitude area, helicopter cannot carry full load. Mortal remains were wrapped in available local resources instead of improvised body bags or coffins. This was an aberration.

Mortal remains arrived at Guwahati Base Hospital by 2P.M. on 6 October and thereafter post-mortems and other formalities commenced.

Immediately after the post-mortem, all the mortal remains were placed in the wooden coffins with full military honours. Consequent to paying of tributes as per full military honours, mortal remains of all the personnel have been sent to respective next of kin.

Carriage of mortal remains, wrapped in local resources as in this case, is an aberration. Body bags, wooden boxes will be ensured.

Armed Forces always ensure full military honour to the fallen comrades."