Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said inquiry has begun into the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 others, and that their bodies will be bro𒆙ug𓃲ht to the national capital in the evening.
Making a sta✨tement in tꩲhe Lok Sabha, Singh said the last rites of Gen Rawat will be performed with full military honours.
Singh said that Group Captain Varun Singh, who survived the crash, is on life support at𝔉 aꦇ Wellington hospital.
Paying rich tributes to Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat♓, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was an "outstanding soldier and a true patr☂iot".
Thirteen of the 14 people on board the helicopter died in the crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
