IAF Group Captain Varun Singh's father, Colonel (retd.) KP Singh, was an Army personnel from the regiment of Army Air Defence (AAD). His brother, Lieutenant Commander Tanuj Singh, is an officer in the Indian Navy.
India s Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, who along with his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others, died when an IAF helicopter crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, was supposed to visit Madhya Pradesh in January 2022, as per his relative.
The incident occurred in Marupura area, Sohagpur, Hoshangabad. Those who died were identified as Chhotelal Vishwakarma (36) and Mohanlal Vishwakarma (60).
Seeing his son dead and his body parts scattered, Mohanlal broke out in tears and later fainted on the railway track, said police based on accounts of some eye-witnesses from the village.