The cremation of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife is planned to be done on Friday in Delhi’s Cantonment . Their mortal remains are expected to arrive in the national capital in a military plane by tomorrow evening .
The bodies would be brought to his house on Friday and people would be allowed to pay last respect from 11 am to 2 pm, followed by a funeral procession which will start from Kamraj Marg to Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment.
General Rawat’s body was paid tributes at the military hospital in Wellington before his body was flown to Delhi.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhary, Air Force Chief, paid tributes to General Rawat at the wreath-laying ceremony.
Around noon today, a plane with General Rawat’s body will take off for the national capital from Sulur air base in Tamil Nadu, it is learnt. The military plane is scheduled to land in Delhi’s Air Force Technical Airport around 4 pm. The body will then be taken to Army Hospital in Dhaula Kuan.Ads by
At 11 am on Friday, the bodies of General Rawat and wife Madhulika will be taken to their official residence on 3, Kamaraj Marg. Around 2 pm, the bodies, escorted by military bands of all three services, will be taken to Brar crematorium in Dhaula Kuan. The funeral is scheduled for 4 pm.
Tributes have poured in for the General from across the country and abroad. The Prime Minister described him as an “outstanding soldier” and a “true patriot”. The Defence Minister called it an “irreparable loss” to the country and the forces.
