Family members of Group Captain Varun Singh participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yelahanka Air Force base on Thursday morning. The body was subsequently moved aboard an An-32 aircraft, with the aircraft departing the airfield for Bhopal at around 12.30 pm. Singh, a decorated Indian Air Force officer who succumbed to injuries sustained in the December 8 helicopter crash
Group Captain Varun Singh, the only survivor of the helicopter crash in which Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others were killed, is critical and has been airlifted to Bengaluru.