India’s Defence Chief Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other people were killed after a military helicopter they were travelling in crashed in southern India on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said. It said Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife were among 13 killed after an IAF chopper they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. Earlier today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the incident. The crash took place in the Nilgiris, shortly after the Mi-series chopper took off from the army base in Sulur. Rawat, 63, was appointed as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in late 2019.

Source: The Nation December 08, 2021 14:35 UTC