Helicopter crash: Rajnath Singh pays tribute to Defence Adviser to CDS Brigadier Lidder
Tamil Nadu IAF helicopter crash: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday paid tribute to Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder at Brar Square, Delhi Cantonment here.
Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder, the defence assistant to the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat was among the 13 people who died in the military helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonnor on Wednesday.
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The three service chiefs - Army Chief General MM Naravane, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and IAF chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari too paid their tribute to Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder.
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NSA Ajit Doval and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khatter also paid tribute to Brigadier Lidder.
The Army said the mortal remains of only three persons -- General Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and Brigadier Lidder -- had been positively identified so far.
"Brigadier Lidder was one of the brightest army officers. He had served in Jammu and Kashmir and had a whole career ahead of him," BJP leader Rajyavardhan Rathore said remembering the deceased.
An IAF helicopter crash near Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday claimed the lives of 13 people including CDS Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.