{"id":4618,"date":"2021-12-08T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=4618"},"modified":"2021-12-08T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T13:05:59","slug":"indian-defence-chief-gen-bipin-rawat-among-13-dead-in-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/indian-defence-chief-gen-bipin-rawat-among-13-dead-in-helicopter-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Defence Chief Gen Bipin Rawat among 13 dead in helicopter crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Indian Defence Chief General Bipin Rawat has dead as he was critical injured in helicopter crashed, while 12 others including Bipin wife were dead on Wednesday, Indian Air Force (IAF) and media confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>India news channel has reported before that the Bipin Rawat body burnt 70-80 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Those on board the chopper, an Mi-17V5 , included Rawat&#8217;s wife, the defense secretary, security commander and air force pilots.<\/p>\n<p>The chopper was moving from Sulur\u00a0 in Coimbatore to Defence Services Staff College in Wellington where Rawat, along with Chief of Army Staff MM Naravane, was scheduled to participate in an event later.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, three passengers who were reported to have been rescued were said to have suffered serious injuries \u2014 with some Indian media outlets reporting they received burns to 85% of their bodies \u2014 and were taken to the hospital at Wellington cantonment in Nilgiris district.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh briefed the cabinet and was expected to make a statement in Parliament on the incident tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>He will also be going to Rawat&#8217;s home to brief his family about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Indian Air Force chief Vivek Ram Chaudhuri was to survey the site of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat&#8217;s staff and family members were on board the Mi-series chopper along with him when it crashed between Coimbatore and Sulur in Tamil Nadu\u201d according to ANI news agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gp Capt Varun Singh SC, Directing Staff at DSSC with injuries is currently under treatment at Military Hospital, Wellington.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAF_MCC\/status\/1468559358275436550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The top Indian military official was on his way to Defence Staff College in Wellington from the IAF base in Sulur near Coimbatore.<\/p>\n<p>Rawat is India&#8217;s first CDS, a position that the Indian government established in 2019, and is seen as close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident, the Indian Air Force said that an inquiry has been ordered into the matter.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/india-confirms-two-cases-of-omicron-variant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">India confirms two cases of Omicron variant<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Indian Defence Chief General Bipin Rawat has dead as he was critical injured in helicopter crashed, while 12 others including Bipin wife were dead on Wednesday, Indian Air Force (IAF) and media confirmed. India news channel has reported before that the Bipin Rawat body burnt 70-80 per cent. 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