Breaking: Indian Air Force has confirmed that Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has died in a chopper crash in Tamil Nadu.

New Delhi: The helicopter of the first Chief of Defense General Bipin Rawat of the Indian Army crashed.

According to Indian media, Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat’s military helicopter crashed near Connor in the state of Tamil Nadu. A search and rescue operation has been launched after the incident.

According to Indian media reports, the helicopter was carrying Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, family, and staff members.

The Indian Air Force has also confirmed on social media that Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat’s Mi-17V5 helicopter has crashed.

A statement issued by the Indian Air Force said that an inquiry has been launched into the cause of the helicopter crash.

The article will be updated as soon as a new update comes

CDS Bipin Rawat Chopper Crashed, Live Update:

• Group captain Varun Singh is getting treatment in hospital
• Indian Air Force announces the demise of CDS General Bipin Rawat along with 13 others in chopper crash

Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course today.

— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 8, 2021

• Mrs Madhulika Rawat is also died in the chopper crash
• Cabinet Committee on Security meeting at PM Modi Residence at 6:30 pm today
• 13 of the 14 personnel involved in the military chopper crash in Tamil Nadu have been confirmed dead.
• Defense Minister Rajnath Singh arrives at General #bipinrawat’s house
• There is no official information about General CDS Bipin Rawat, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to brief parliament shortly
• 11 people dead in a chopper crash
• Mix reports of death coming about the wife of Mr. Rawat

An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. Here's a list of passengers on board : #IAF@pradip103 pic.twitter.com/FKQis2Noh5

— Jan Ki Baat (@jankibaat1) December 8, 2021

#BreakingNews #Indian Air Force chopper with Chief of Defence Staff General #BipinRawat, wife & staff on board met with an accident today near #Coonoor #TamilNadu @WIONews pic.twitter.com/q5cLe4XB8Q

— Manoj Gupta (@PassionForNews) December 8, 2021

An IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter, with CDS Gen Bipin Rawat on board, met with an accident today near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.
An Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident.

— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) December 8, 2021

Their people on board the chopper included Rawat’s defence assistant Brigadier LS Lidder and his staff officer Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh, the officials said.

An inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, the IAF said on Twitter. There was no official word on injuries sustained by the occupants of the IAF’s new Mi-17 V5 helicopter. The chopper was on its way from the Sulur airbase to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington.

Rawat took charge as India’s first CDS on December 31, 2019, after serving as the army chief for a full three-year term.

Rawat survived a Cheetah crash in Dimapur, Nagaland on February 3, 2015. He was a lieutenant general at that time.

https://twitter.com/Newsbox_India/status/1468504742460493825

Sources: #CdS Bipin Rawat critical. Has been taken to hospital.
His wife has reportedly been declared dead.
Waiting for official confirmation. #bipinrawat #BipinRawat pic.twitter.com/NNouFkCN2X

— ॐ 🇮🇳 Major Saurabh Sharma 🇮🇳 ॐ (@MajorSaurabhSh1) December 8, 2021

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