CDS Rawat's biggest contribution was to change the narrative of counter-insurgency and counter-terror operations in Jammu and Kashmir, says his successor General Anil Chauhan.
Bad weather led to a phenomenon called Controlled Flight Into Terrain – when an aircraft under control is piloted into the ground, the tri-service inquiry found.
Several sections of the IPC and IT Act have been invoked against those who made jokes and accusations about the death of CDS General Rawat. An employee of J&K Bank was suspended for using the 'laugh' reaction to a post on the news of the crash.