Video: Daughter Of Officer Killed In Chopper Crash Performs Last Rites
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid a wreath on the body of Lt Col Singh at the Brar Square in Delhi Cantonment before his cremation.
The last rites of Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh, who died in a chopper crash that also killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat last week, was performed by his daughter Preet Kaur on Sunday at the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment. A senior military official can be seen standing beside her during the ceremony. #WATCH | Daughter of Lt Colonel Harjinder Singh, who died in the Tamil Nadu chopper crash, performs his last rites at Brar Square in New Delhi pic.twitter.com/RDY58ZIDj7
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, MoS Defence Ajay Bhatt and the chiefs of the armed forces also paid their last respects to Lieutenant Colonel Singh.
Army Chief General M M Naravane, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar, and other military officers paid tributes to Lieutenant Colonel Singh, who is survived by his wife Major Agnes P Manezes (retd.) and daughter Preet Kaur.