This Article is From Dec 14, 2021

Chopper Crash: Rajasthan To Give Rs 1 Crore To Squadron Leader's Family

Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh died in the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on December 8.

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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took to Twitter to announce the assistance. (File)

New Delhi :

The Rajasthan government has announced financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the family of Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh, who died in the chopper crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on December 8.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday took to Twitter to announce the same.

"The state government has decided to provide an assistance of Rs 1 crore to the family of Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh of Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, who was martyred in the Coonoor (Tamil Nadu) in the chopper crash. The state government is with the family of the martyred in this difficult time," Mr Gehlot tweeted in Hindi.

13 of the 14 people on board the Mi-17V5 helicopter, including India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, were among those killed after it crashed on December 8.

Group Captain Varun Singh is the lone survivor of the crash and is presently admitted at Air Force Command hospital in Bengaluru for treatment.

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