Rawat, other bodies, to be taken to Delhi soon

December 09, 2021 09:52

Arrangements are being done at the Madras regimental Centre Wellington where the mortal remains of the CDS General Bipin Rawat his wife and eleven others will be kept before being taken to the Sulur Airfield.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will today make a statement in both houses of Parliament on the helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu yesterday that claimed 13 lives.

The bodies would be brought to his house on Friday and people would be allowed to pay their last respects from 11 am to 2 pm, followed by a funeral procession which will start from Kamraj Marg to Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment.

The helicopter crashed shortly after it took off from the Air Force base in Sulur at 11.45 am, Coimbatore. It was on its way to Wellington in Nilgiri Hills where General Rawat was to address a gathering at the Defence Services Staff College.

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