The last rites ceremony of Col Rai has begun at the Delhi Cantonment. NDTV speaking to Col Rai's colleague in the Gorkha Regiment says that when he went to Col Rai's home to deliver the awful news of his death, Col Rai's daughter tells her mother, 'be brave.'

Gun salute for Col Rai as the funeral pyre is lit. The Gorkha regiment leaves.