Envoys and military attaches of different countries on Friday paid floral tributes to Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, who lost their lives in the IAF chopper crash.
CDS Rawat and his wife were among the 13 people who died in the military helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday.
Many senior military commanders from friendly foreign countries have arrived in New Delhi to attend the final farewell of General Rawat.
Here’s the list of military commanders attending the ceremony:
Sri Lanka
Gen Shavendra Silva, Chief of Def Staff and Commander of the Sri Lanka Army.
Admiral Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne (Retd), Former Chief of Defence Staff (his course mate at National Defence College and a dear friend)
Bhutan
Brig Dorji Rinchen, Deputy Chief Operations Officer, Royal Bhutan Army
Nepal
Suprobal Janasewashree Lt Gen Bal Krishna Karki, Chief of General Staff (equivalent to Vice Chief of Army Staff), Nepali Army
Bangladesh
Lt Gen Waker-UZ-Zaman, Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division, Bangladesh
CDS General Rawat will be cremated later in the day today with full military honours.
Apart from General Rawat and his wife, his defence adviser Brig L.S. Lidder and Staff Officer Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh also died in the crash.
Meanwhile, Brig L.S. Lidder was laid to rest earlier today.
