CDS Gen Rawat, his wife and 11 army personnel dead in heli crash

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The chief of defence staff Gen Bipin Rawat is dead.  According to information officially made available by the Indian Air Force, Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other army personnel on board have died in the unfortunate incident.  The advanced helicopter carrying the General and his entourage crashed near a village in Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu. Gen Rawat was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington when the unfortunate crash took place.