Bipin Rawat Death Updates: 3 Service Chiefs Pay Last Respects To Late CDS, Cremation On Friday
Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crash LIVE Updates: This LIVE Blog brings to you the latest updates from the chopper crash of Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Bipin Rawat.
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Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crash LIVE, December 9, 2021: Hello and Welcome to the Daily Live Blog of ABP Live! We bring you the latest Breaking News and all the latest updates from CDS Bipin Rawat's chopper crash.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday confirmed that a helicopter carrying Chief Of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat Army crashed at Coonoor in Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu. 13 of the 14 on board the ill-fated IAF helicopter were pronounced dead including CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and others.
CDS Rawat was on his way to the Defence Staff College in Wellington.
The lone survivor, Group Captain Varun Singh, Directing Staff at DSSC, is currently under treatment at a military hospital in nearby Wellington.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be making a statement in both the houses of parliament today.
The mortal remains of Gen Rawat, his wife and others killed in the mishap will be taken to New Delhi from Coimbatore on Thursday by air, after a wreath-laying ceremony scheduled this morning at Wellington.
Former Army chief General Bipin Rawat was appointed the first tri-service chief on December 31, 2019, after the government introduced the Chief Of Defence Staff.
Gen Bipin Rawat was commissioned on December 16, 1978, into the Fifth Battalion of the Eleventh Gorkha Rifles of the Infantry. While graduating from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, he was awarded the coveted 'Sword of Honour'.
Quoting official sources, PTI reported that all the injured people on board the chopper have been evacuated from the spot of the accident. A court of inquiry has been ordered into the accident, the IAF said.
IAF Chopper Crash | Mortal Remains Will Be Kept At Mortuary Of Army Base Hospital Till Tomorrow
At 7:46 pm, the mortal remains of the crash victims were brought to the Palam airport from the Sulur airbase near Coimbatore. Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari brought the mortal remains of all the deceased.
Meanwhile, all possible measures are being taken for positive identification of the mortal remains. The remaining mortal remains will be kept at the mortuary of Army Base Hospital till the completion of positive identification formalities.
Bipin Rawat Death | 3 Service Chiefs Pay Last Respects To Late CDS, Others
The 3 service chiefs - Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar & IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari pay last respects to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat & other 11 Armed Forces personnel who lost their lives in military chopper crash yesterday.
The 3 service chiefs - Army Chief Gen MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar & IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari pay last respects to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat & other 11 Armed Forces personnel who lost their lives in military chopper crash y'day. pic.twitter.com/HoXt8Jw0U6
— ANI (@ANI) December 9, 2021
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