New Delhi: The country has paid its last respects to 13 people, including Joint Chiefs of Staff Bipin Rawat, who died in a helicopter crash in Ooty Coonoor. He was honored at the Madras Regiment Headquarters in Coonoor. It was then flown to Delhi from the Zulur airbase.
The bodies of Chief Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat, and 11 soldiers were flown from the Wellington Military Hospital to the Madras Regimental Headquarters in Coonoor at 11 a.m. Later, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and Telangana Governor Tamil Selvi Soundar Raj paid their respects at the Army Headquarters.
At 1 pm, 13 ambulances left for Sulur Air Base for a mourning procession. During the mourning procession, two vehicles hit people. Ten policemen were injured when a police vehicle collided with another vehicle. The injuries to the policemen were not serious.
An ambulance carrying the body of a soldier was also involved in an accident at Mettupalayam. The body was shifted to another ambulance and the journey continued. Arrived at Sulur at 3.15 pm. Then flown to Delhi on a special military plane.
Meanwhile, Revenue Minister K Rajan visited the house of Malayali soldier -junior warrant officer Pradeep-who killed in the Coonoor accident.
