CDS Bipin Rawat laid to rest with state honours

Story by  Shaista Fatima | Posted by  shaista fatima | Date 10-12-2021
CDS Bipin Rawat laid to rest with state honours
CDS Bipin Rawat laid to rest with state honours

 

New Delhi

CDS General Bipin Rawat who along with his wife and 11 others lost his life in a copter crash, was laid to rest with full military honours.

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He was honoured with 17 gun salutes.

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His last rites were performed along with his wife Madhulika Rawat.

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Their daughters Kritika and Tarini performed their last rites.

Meanwhile earlier in the day envoys and military attaches of different countries on Friday paid floral tributes to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.

CDS Rawat and his wife were among the 13 people who died in the military helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday.

French and Israel envoys Emmanuel Lenian and Naor Gilon paid tribute to Rawat and his wife. Besides them, British High Commissioner Alex Ellis and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Mohammad Imran also paid their last respects.

Military attaches of different countries also paid their last respects to India's first CDS.