Chopper crash: Stalin writes separate letters to victims’ kin

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others were killed after the helicopter carrying them to Wellington in The Nilgiris district in the state crashed near Coonoor there on Wednesday.

Stalin had rushed to Coonoor soon after coming to know of the accident and paid floral tributes to the departed on Thursday, an official release recalled. The state government had ensured all arrangements during the rescue activities and later during transportation of the mortal remains of the deceased, which were later flown from Coimbatore to Delhi, it said.

Further, the Chief Minister on Friday wrote individually to the families of the Defence personnel killed in the accident, expressing his sincere condolences and regret. He said, all the people were with them in this tough time and though their loss is irreparable, he wished they got the strength to recover from it, the release said.