Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid his last respects to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, who were among the 13 people who died in the military helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu s Coonnor on Wednesday.
The last rites of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be held on Friday around 5 pm at Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment.
The final journey of Gen Rawat and his wife Madhulika began from his official residence in Delhi amid chants of 'Jab tak suraj chand rahega, Rawat ji ka naam rahega'.
From 11 am, the bodies of General Rawat and his wife will be kept at their Delhi home for family, friends, and the public to pay their final respects. General Rawat, his wife, and 11 other Defence personnel died after the Mi-17 chopper they were on board crashed in Tamil Nadu on December 8.