Colleagues, officers, family members and well-wishers bid farewell to Group Captain Varun Singh, who died on December 15 at a hospital in Bengaluru.
He saluted and paid floral tributes to the mortal remains at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 16 December. Later, the mortal remains were taken to Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
On 8 December, Group Captain Varun Singh was the lone survivor of a helicopter crash near Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, in which Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others lost their lives.
A peer group places the cap of Captain Varun Singh in a coffin, containing his body, at Yelahanka Air Force Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
Colleagues pay tribute to the body of Group Captain Varun Singh at Yelahanka Air Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jain
Colleagues salute the mortal remains of Group Captain Varun Singh at Yelahanka Air Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
An IAF officer carries a child at Yelahanka Air Force Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
Well-wishers pay tribute to Group Captain Varun Singh at Yelahanka Air Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
The wife (saffron dress) of Group Captain Varun Singh pays tribute to his mortal remains at Yelahanka Air Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
Group Captain Varun Singh’s wife (in saffron attire) escorted by family and well wishers at Yelahanka Air Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
Colleagues carry the body of Group Captain Varun Singh to Yelahanka Air Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
Colleagues carry the mortal remains of Group Captain Varun Singh on a plane that took him to Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh at Yelahanka Air Base Station in Bengaluru on December 16, 2021. photo Credit: Sudhakar Jaini
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