PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, pay last respects to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah among other political leaders on Friday paid their 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 IAF helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonnor on Wednesday. PM Narendra Modi paid my last respects to Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and other personnel of the Armed Forces. "India will never forget their rich contribution," he said. Amit Shah visited the residence of the CDS and laid a wreath on their mortal remains here. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami also paid floral tributes to the CDS and his wife. Also Read | Tamil Nadu IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor IAF Group Captain ‘on life support’ 5/11 Gorkha Rifles are looking after all the arrangements of the last rites of General Rawat who was commissioned in the unit and also went ahead to command it. Also Read | Tamil Nadu IAF Helicopter crash: Flight Data Recorder, Cockpit Voice Recorder ‘recovered’ The last rites of General Rawat will be performed later in the day with full military honours. The funeral procession will start from Kamraj Marg and reach Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment. 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. Apart from General Rawat and his wife, his defence adviser Brig LS Lidder and Staff Officer Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh also died in the crash.

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हमें असमय छोड़ कर गये CDS बिपिन रावत जी व उनकी धर्मपत्नी मधुलिका रावत जी के अंतिम दर्शन कर उन्हें श्रद्धांजलि अर्पित की। भारत माँ के प्रति अपने दायित्व को उन्होंने एक पुत्र की तरह निभाया, देश और सेना के लिये किया गया उनका योगदान अद्वितीय है, जो सदैव याद किया जायेगा।

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- Piyush Goyal (@piyushgoyal) 10 Dec 2021

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Paid my tribute to the mortal remains of General Bipin Rawat and Smt. Madhulika Rawat. Shared my condolences to the family. Country will always remember Gen. Rawat as a brave son of India.

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- Ravi Shankar Prasad (@ravishankarprasad) 10 Dec 2021

Meanwhile, Brig LS Lidder was laid to rest earlier on Friday. Other nine defence forces personnel who died in the chopper crash are Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan, Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh, Junior Warrant Officer Rana Pratap Das, Junior Warrant Officer Arakkal Pradeep, Havildar Satpal Rai, Naik Gursewak Singh, Naik Jitendra Kumar, Lance Naik Vivek Kumar and Lance Naik B Sai Teja. Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor in the crash, has been shifted to Air Force Command hospital at Bengaluru for further treatment. -PTC News