NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 9
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that inquiry by tri-services has begun into the helicopter crash that killed CDS Bipin Rawat and others, and that their bodies will be brought to the national capital in the evening.
Making a statement on the floor of Lok Sabha, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the last rites of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat will be performed with full military honours.
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Singh said that Group Captain Varun Singh, who survived the crash, is on life support at a Wellington hospital.
Paying rich tributes to Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was an “outstanding soldier and a true patriot”.
Thirteen of the 14 people on board the helicopter died in the crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
