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Gallantry award winner Varun Singh was being treated at Bengaluru military hospital for severe burns.

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Days after the army chopper crash in Tamil Nadu, Indian Air Force Group Captain Varun Singh breathed his last on Wednesday. Singh was the lone survivor of the December 8 helicopter crash near Coonoor that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others.
 
The IAF officer was being treated at Bengaluru military hospital for severe burns.
 
Who is Group Captain Varun Singh?
 
Captain Varun was an Indian Air Force Officer. He was well known for his work for the Indian Air Force and also Group Captain. 
 
Gallantry award winner IAF officer Varun Singh was born in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India.  He belongs to an army background family. His father Colonel KP Singh retired from Army as a colonel and his uncle Akhilesh Pratap Singh is a Congress leader. 
 
Group Captain Varun Singh was awarded the Shaurya Chakra on Independence Day for saving his LCA Tejas fighter aircraft during an aerial incident in 2020.
 
He was appointed as a Wing Commander on 19th June 2017 after 13 years since he joined Indian Air Force. Talking about his personal life, Varun Singh was married to Geetanjali Singh and was blessed with two kids, one son and one daughter.
 
 
Captain Varun Singh was the only survivor of the helicopter crash that happened on 8 December 2021. The Mi-17V5 which crashed had 14 individuals on board. 13 have been declared dead including CDS Bipin Rawat and his wife. As per the reports, Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan was the pilot of the helicopter. Prithvi Chauhan was the Commanding Officer of the 109 Helicopter Unit.
 
The crash, reportedly, occurred due to foggy weather which reduced visibility.
 
Brigadier LS Lidder, Lieutenant Colonel Harjinder Singh, NK Gursewak Singh, NK Jitendra Kumar, L/NK Vivek Kumar, L/NK B Sai Teja and Hav Satpal are among the dead. 
 
 
 
 
 

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