Gen Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crash: Group Captain Varun Singh succumbs to injuries
New Delhi: Group Captain Varun Singh, the sole survivor of the military helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu’s district last week, has succumbed to his injuries, informed the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday. Singh was undergoing treatment at the Command Hospital Air Force in Bengaluru following the tragic air disaster on December 8, which claimed the lives of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and other armed forces personnel on board.
“IAF is deeply saddened to inform the passing away of braveheart Group Captain Varun Singh, who succumbed this morning to the injuries sustained in the helicopter accident on 08 Dec 21. IAF offers sincere condolences and stands firmly with the bereaved family,” tweeted the Indian Air Force from its official handle on the microblogging website.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of Captain Singh, saying, “… I am extremely anguished by his passing away. His rich service to the nation will never be forgotten. Condolences to his family and friends.”
Singh, a Shaurya Chakra awardee, was travelling with General Rawat as his liaison officer for a visit to the Wellington-based Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), where the CDS was to deliver a lecture. After the helicopter crash, he was brought to the Military Hospital in Wellington but was later shifted to Bengaluru’s Air Force Command Hospital.
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