LG Sinha, his advisor Farooq Khan condole demise of CDS Gen Rawat

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and his advisor Farooq Ahmad Khan have in their separate statements expressed deepest condolences at the demise of Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other Armed Forces personnel.
In a tweet, the Lt Governor said, “Deeply shocked at tragic demise of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife, and 11 other Armed Forces Personnel in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu. The nation has lost one of its bravest sons. My thoughts and prayers are with bereaved families in this hour of grief”.
In a similar statement the Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Ahmad Khan also expressed anguish and shock over tragic death of Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat and his wife besides 11 other personnel after the Indian Air Force chopper they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiri hill district. Advisor, while conveying sympathies with the bereaved family, said that with untimely demise of General Rawat, the country has lost an outstanding soldier whose contribution towards modernising our armed forces and security apparatus will always be remembered. Due to his exceptional abilities the country excelled on diverse aspects relating to our armed forces including defence reforms, maintained the Advisor.