Pakistan Military Chiefs respond over death of Indian Defence Chief General Bipin Rawat
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The Chief of Defence Staff of Indian Army, General Bipin Rawat, his wife and eleven other members of his staff were killed when an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu today [Wednesday].
According to a tweet of Indian Air Force, General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and eleven other persons on board died in the incident.
Gen Bipin Rawat was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Nilgiri Hills, to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course.
The crash took place shortly after the Russian-made Mi-17 V5 chopper took off from the Air Force base in Sulur, Coimbatore, for Wellington in the Nilgiri Hills.
Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Nadeem Raza and Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa have expressed condolences on tragic death of Indian Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and loss of other precious lives in a helicopter crash in India.
