The IAF confirmed that the Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board, has met with accident near Coonoor. However, it later emerged that CDS was safe and was recovering well.
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Grief and shock have gripped the nation following the sudden demise of General Bipin Rawat in the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu. Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh.
India first Chief of Defence Staff and longest-serving four-star officer General Bipin Rawat, known as the transformer in the Indian military higher defence