Watch: Crowds, Flower Shower As Convoy Takes Bodies Of Gen Rawat, Others
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Hundreds had lined up along the entrance of the Sulur airbase in Tamil Nadu, chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai".
Locals showered flower petals on ambulances carrying the bodies of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other personnel who were killed in a horrific chopper crash on Wednesday. #WATCH| Tamil Nadu: Locals shower flower petals & chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' as ambulances carrying mortal remains of CDS Gen Rawat, his wife & other personnel who died in Coonoor military chopper crash, arrive at Sulur airbase from Madras Regimental Centre in Nilgiris district pic.twitter.com/fhVIDaf5FL
Hundreds had lined up along the entrance of the Sulur airbase in Tamil Nadu, chanting "Bharat Mata ki Jai". The bodies were brought here from the Madras Regimental Centre in the state's Nilgiris district where Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and senior military officials paid their last respects to the killed personnel. Traffic on the route was diverted to prevent any disruptions.
The bodies will be flown to the native places of the personnel from the Sulur base. General Rawat and his wife's bodies will be flown to Delhi today and kept at their official residence till their funeral tomorrow.
