CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other died in chopper crash
A helicopter carrying India’s top military officer and other officials crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
The chopper took off from the Air Force station in Sulur, Coimbatore and was headed to Wellington Defence Services Staff college where the CDS was due to deliver a lecture. According to DD News, the local district administration has confirmed the deaths of at least four people in the accident.
Defence Minister expressed shock and said Deeply anguished by the sudden demise of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other Armed Forces personnel in an extremely unfortunate helicopter accident today in Tamil Nadu. His untimely death is an irreparable loss to our Armed Forces and the country.
