The last rites of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be held with all Military Respect in Delhi on Friday. Their mortal remains are expected to arrive Delhi in a military plane by Thursday evening.

Chief of Army staff General MM Naravane, IAF Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhury and Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R Hari Kumar have attended the wreath-laying programme at Wellington.

After that the mortal remains will be flown to Delhi. Their mortal remains will be brought to Gen Rawat’s residence in New Delhi tomorrow. People will be allowed to pay their last respect from 11 am to 2 pm.
General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 others died in a tragic chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The mishap took place when the Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying Rawat and 13 others crashed shortly after it took off from an IAF base in Sulur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.

Lone survivor in the crash, Group Captain Varun Singh is under treatment treatment for burns at a military hospital in Wellington.

The autopsy formalities are expected to be completed before being shifted. All arrangements have been made at the Madras regimental Centre Grounds to pay respects to the mortal remains of General Rawat and the others before being taken to Delhi.

Tamilnadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin who is presently in Conoor will also pay the last respects at the Wellington Centre. Military vehicles decorated with flowers are seen reaching the venue today morning to carry the remains to the Sulur Air Field today afternoon.

The accident site has been cordoned off to clear the burnt debris of the helicopter.