SRINAGAR — The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory Manoj Sinha on Wednesday expressed deep shock over the demise of (CDS) Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu.
In a tweet LG Manoj Sinha said, “Deeply shocked at tragic demise of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other Armed Forces Personnel in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu”.
“The nation has lost one of its bravest sons. My thoughts and prayers are with bereaved families in this hour of grief”, the tweet added.
General 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 when Army chopper carrying them crashed in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu.