Day After Cremation, General Rawat's Daughters Take His Ashes To Haridwar
NDTV
The chopper crash in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday that claimed 13 lives will be investigated by tri-service inquiry.
A day after India bid a sombre farewell to the country's first Chief Defence of staff, General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other defence personnel - killed in a chopper crash on Wednesday - General Rawat's daughters will take his ashes to Haridwar today for immersion as part of rituals.
The ashes were collected from Delhi's Brar Square crematorium this morning, where the last rites were performed, by General Rawat's daughters - Kritika and Tarini, news agency ANI reported.
With full military honours, General Rawat, 63, and his wife Madhulika were cremated on Friday after a solemn procession from his house on a ceremonial gun carriage.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Congress's Rahul Gandhi were among several top leaders who visited his Delhi home to pay final respects.
