(New Delhi)CDS Gen Bipin Rawat ,His Wife and 11 Martyred in Air Crash
Gen Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, his wife,Mrs Madhulika and 11 other armed forces personnel died on Wednesday after the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu,
The lone survivor, Group Captain Varun Singh, is currently under treatment at a military hospital in Wellington,G
Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course today,” the IAF said in a statement.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said he was “deeply anguished” by the sudden demise of Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others in an “extremely unfortunate helicopter” accident.
The Prime Minister-led Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) is meeting to discuss the situation arising out of the crash.
