The two daughters also performed their last rites on 10th December as they were cremated with full military honours in Delhi. There was also a 17-gun salute as the nation bid farewell to him.

As per his daughter, family members of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat have planned to take his ashes to Haridwar on 11 December after completion of cremation rituals in Delhi. 

Kritika Rawat and Tarini Rawat, Bipin Rawat’s daughters, paid their last respects to their parents

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and other Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other officials paid their tributes to the CDS.

According to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Lok Sabha, the inquiry team reached Wellington yesterday itself and the investigation has started. He also said the CDS’ death was an “irreparable loss to our Armed Forces and the country.

General Rawat’s mortal remains, along with that of his wife, will be flown to Delhi by the evening of December 9.

According to a report by ANI, the preparations for the birthday have been stopped after Gandhi’s appeal.

“With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that Gen Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in the unfortunate accident.”, reads the tweet of Indian Air Force.

General Bipin Rawat and wife Madhulika dead in fatal Coonoor chopper crash that has claimed the lives of 13. One uniformed officer undergoes treatment in Tamil Nadu.

Know who is Madhulika Rawat, the wife of India’s Chief of Defence Staff who was among the 14 people travelling on the chopper that tragically crashed in forest hills in the south.