Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika and his Defence Adviser Brigadier LS Lidder were among the 13 people killed in the crash on Wednesday. Gen Rawat, his wife and Brig Lidder were cremated at Delhi s Brar Square Crematorium Friday evening.
The bodies of 10 remaining victims of the IAF chopper crash near Coonoor were identified and the last rites of five of them were conducted on Saturday at their native places with appropriate military honour.
Ace IAF pilot with a range of instructional assignments Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor took over charge as Commandant, National Defence Academy (NDA) on Sunday from Lt Gen Asit Mistry who retired after serving in the Indian Army for 39 years. Air Marshal Kapoor was commissioned in the flying branch of the IAF in December 1985. He has over 7800 hours of accident/Incident
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