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According to India's "New Delhi Television" reported on December 9, on the evening of the 8th local time, after a few hours of silence, the Indian military finally announced that among the dead in the plane crash in Tamil Nadu that afternoon included India's top general, General Bipin Rawat, chief of defense staff, in addition to Rawat's wife, 13 people were not spared, and only 1 officer escaped. It is reported that after the incident, the Indian high-level "shocked", Modi ordered an in-depth investigation of the accident, and after confirming the death of Rawat, Indian Defense Minister Singh also went to his home to comfort him.
According to Indian media reports, the incident at the time of the incident Waslet was riding a Russian-made Mi-17V5 helicopter, which was just purchased from Russia by the Indian military in recent years, and it is generally believed that the Mi-17 is a "rugged and durable" model, known for its high reliability, and has excellent plateau flight capabilities, the Indian military is also very fond of it, a total of 151 aircraft were ordered, and it was preferentially deployed in the northern border area. Specific to the Mi-17V5 helicopter that occurred in this accident, even Modi has been ridden before, it is certain that the Indian military must be very careful about its maintenance, and the usual security work is also heavily guarded, so the possibility of mechanical failure is not high.
After the accident, the Indian military released the wind at the first time, claiming that "the fog caused the helicopter to crash", but the Pakistani military experts found an abnormality, you know, India's top general died in an air crash, it must be investigated in depth and detail, in order to disclose the cause of the accident, and the Indian military is unusual, it seems that some can not wait, quickly announced the cause of the accident, which has to make people wonder whether there is "cat grease" behind it.
Pakistani observers say Rawat's death is likely to have involved internal strife within the Indian military, such as being "murdered by his own men."
According to reports, Rawat was previously the chief of staff of the Indian Army, and for a long time, the relationship between the Indian army, navy and air force was quite unfamiliar, and after being promoted to chief of defense staff and serving as the supreme commander of the nominal Indian army, Rawat repeatedly interfered in the development of the navy and air force under the banner of "joint operations", he once claimed that it costs too much money to build aircraft carriers, offended the Indian Navy, and recently openly belittled the Indian Air Force, saying that the latter is "the support service of the army". It triggered a strong dissatisfaction from the Commander of the Indian Air Force, Badalia, and the two sides even "sprayed each other" in the media, directly exposing the contradiction between the military and the race.
Considering that the accident occurred in a helicopter owned by the Indian Air Force, it is no wonder that the Pakistani side has doubted that this is likely to be infighting among the Indian military insiders.
In addition, many people in India have questioned that it may be the resurgence of "Tamil Tiger" militants who fired man-portable anti-aircraft missiles at Rawat's helicopter to shoot it down, but this speculation does not have any evidence. It is reported that the Indian military has set up a special team to investigate the death of Rawat, will the truth be revealed to the world? It may well have become a muddle.