Rajnath Singh Can pay Tribute To Lt Col Harjinder Singh Killed In Chopper Crash
New Delhi:
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt and the chiefs of the militia on Sunday paid their remaining respects to Lt Colonel Harjinder Singh, who was once some of the 13 other people killed in a helicopter crash in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu remaining week.
Mr Singh laid a wreath at the frame of Lt Col Singh on the Brar Sq. in Delhi Cantonment sooner than his cremation.
Military leader Common M M Naravane, Air leader Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Military leader Admiral R Hari Kumar, and different army officials paid tributes to Lt Col Singh, who’s survived via his spouse Maj Agnes P Manezes (retd.) and daughter Preet Kaur.
India’s first Leader of Defence Group of workers (CDS) Gen Bipin Rawat, his spouse Madhulika Rawat, Lt Colonel Harjinder Singh and 10 others, all from the militia, have been killed within the helicopter crash in Coonoor on December 8.
Lt Col Singh, who served as Group of workers Officer to the CDS, belonged to 11 Gorkha Rifles, the similar regiment as Rawat.
He had served in quite a lot of operations along with his battalion together with deployment at the Siachen Glacier and a tenure within the United International locations Peacekeeping Undertaking.
Two days in the past, Gen Rawat and his spouse got a send-off with complete army honours on the Brar Sq. crematorium.
The lone survivor of the crash was once Workforce Captain Varun Singh, who’s present process remedy in Bengaluru.
Others who have been killed within the crash have been Wing Commander P S Chauhan, Squadron Chief Okay Singh, Naik Gursewak Singh, Naik Jitender Kumar, Lance Naik Vivek, Lance Naik B S Teja, Havaldar Satpal, JWO Das and JWO Pradeep.
