Helicopter carrying Indian senior officers crashes

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NEW DELHI, 8 December 2021, (TON):  A military helicopter, reportedly carrying senior Indian defence crashed near the town of Coonoor in southern India on Wednesday, killing at least four people. There are unconfirmed reports about Indian Defence Chief General Bipin Rawat on board.

Indian Ministry of Defence was silent over the incident. In a statement it said, “We are trying to confirm status of the crash that took place near the town of Coonoor.

Reportedly, General Bipin Rawat was travelling from an Indian Air Force base in Sulur to the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to deliver a lecture.  

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