Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and his Defence Adviser Brigadier LS Lidder were among the 13 people killed in the crash on Wednesday. Gen Rawat, his wife and Brig Lidder were cremated at Delhi's Brar Square Crematorium Friday evening.
The bodies of 10 remaining victims of the IAF chopper crash near Coonoor were identified and the last rites of five of them were conducted on Saturday at their native places with appropriate military honour.
The mortal remains of three army personnel who perished in the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter crash near Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor will be brought back to their hometowns on Sunday.
Daughters conduct last rites NEW DELHI, Dec 10: The plaintive strains of the last post broke through the hush, men in uniform clicked their heels and a 17-gun salute rang out as Gen Bipin Rawat and his wife were cremated this evening – the Sun setting on a day written into India’s military history and on the life of its most senior military officer. Click here to watch video India’s first Chief of Defence staff (CDS) and his wife Madhulika […]
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