A day after India bid a sombre farewell to the country's first Chief Defence of staff, General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other defence personnel - killed in a chopper crash on Wednesday - General Rawat's daughters will take his ashes to Haridwar.
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, December 10
India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat were cremated with full military honours and a 17-gun salute a
The mortal remains of Lance Naik B Sai Teja, who was among 13 people were killed in a military chopper crash on December 8 arrived at the Yelahanka Air Force Base in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Kritika and Tarini, daughters of General Bipin and Madhulika Rawat, collected the ashes of their parents from Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment and reached Haridwar to immerse them in the Ganges.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala president K Surendran on Friday slammed the state government for not taking action against those who are making disrespectful remarks about Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, who was killed in a chopper crash in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.