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heart Group Captain Varun Singh,
who succumbed this morning to the
injuries sustained in the helicopter
accident on December 8. IAF offers
sincere condolences and stands firm-
ly with the bereaved family,” the IAF
tweeted.
Chief of Defense Staff (CDS)
General Bipin Rawat, his wife Mad-
hulika and 11 armed forces personnel
were killed in the Mi-17V5 helicop-
ter crash near Coonoor. The Group
Captain was recently conferred with
the Shaurya Chakra by President
Ram Nath Kovind for his act of ex-
ceptional gallantry.
Halting his speech midway at a
public function in Dehradun, Union
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on
Wednesday requested the people
in the rally to pray for the departed Army officers pay last respects to the mortal remains of Havaldar Satpal Rai, at 158 Base Hospital, Bagdogra, in Darjeeling on Sunday. (ANI)
soul as he got the news regarding the
demise of Indian Air Force (IAF) foundation stone for ‘Sainya Dham’. He succumbed to the injuries pin Rawat that crashed last week. He
Group Captain Varun Singh. Group Captain Singh, the lone survi- during his treatment at the hospital was undergoing treatment at Com-
The news of IAF Group Captain
Singh’s demise broke when Rajnath vor of the chopper crash that killed in the afternoon today. mand Hospital in Bengaluru where
CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife
he succumbed to his injuries. May his
“Just now I have received the
Singh was in Dehradun to attend the and 11 others last week, was under tragic news of the demise of Group soul rest in peace. I request all of you
closing ceremony of a month-long treatment at Command Hospital in Captain Varun Singh, who was also to stand up and pay homage to the
“Shaheed Samman Yatra” and lay the
Bengaluru. in the helicopter of General CDS Bi- departed soul,” the minister said.
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