In a colossal loss to India, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Dr Madhulika and 11 personnel died in a tragic helicopter crash on December 8 in Tamil Nadu. The last rites
of CDS Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be performed on Friday, December 10. The couple will be cremated in Delhi Cantonment tomorrow.
Their mortal remains are likely to arrive in the national capital on Thursday evening in a military plane. The bodies will be taken to his house on Friday, and mourners would be able to
pay their respects from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by a funeral procession from Kamraj Marg to the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi.
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand will observe a three-day state mourning over the demise of CDS Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 other personnel.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on the other hand, will address Parliament today. The Union Minister will issue a statement regarding the chopper crash that killed 13 people, including CDS
Rawat.
He is scheduled to brief the Lok Sabha at around 11 a.m. and Rajya Sabha at 11.30 a.m.
According to reports, the army chopper crashed shortly after taking off from the Air Force facility in Sulur at 11:45 am. It was on its way to Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills, where General
Rawat was scheduled to speak at the Defence Services Staff College.
The Mi-17 V5 helicopter was on its way down and would have landed in 10 minutes if it hadn't crashed. The Air Force has now launched an investigation into what happened.