Agartala: Dec 10: General Bipin Rawat, the country's first Army Commander-in-Chief (Chief and Defense Staff) bade farewell with tears in eyes. His wife Madhulika Rawat has also been honored. The bodies of Bipin Rawat and his wife were brought to his residence on Friday morning.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Harish Singh Rawat, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Delhi Deputy Governor Anil Baijal paid their last respects. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others paid their respects.
Kritika and Tarini, two daughters of Bipin Rawat and Madhulika Rawat, paid homage to their father and mother.The country's first Chief and Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat and 13 others, including his wife, were killed in a helicopter crash in the Nilgiris forest in Kunnur, Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. Group Captain Varun Singh was admitted to hospital in critical condition. The funeral of the late Army Chief General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika was held at the Army Camp in Delhi on Friday afternoon. Funeral services will be held in full military dignity at Brar Square in Delhi Army Camp.
The body of the late Brigadier LS Liddar was brought to Brar Square in Delhi Cantonment on Friday morning. He was paid his last respects by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Army Staff Manoj Mukund Narwane, Chief of Naval Staff R Hari Kumar and Chief of Air Staff VR Chowdhury, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
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