“He was with me for 17 years, will go ahead with his memories”, says daughter of Brig LS Lidder

New Delhi: The last rites Brigadier Lakhbinder Singh Lidder, who was among the 13 people who died in the military helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor, were performed with full military honours at Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment on Friday.

An IAF chopper crash near Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday claimed the lives of 13 people including CDS Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were present at the last rites of the Brigadier Lidder.

A video of  family of late Brig Lidder has left the netizens tearful. The video shows wife and daughter of the defence advisor of the CDS broke down while paying their last respects to him.

#WATCH | Delhi: The wife and daughter of Brig LS Lidder pay their last respects to him at Brar Square, Delhi Cantt. He lost his life in #TamilNaduChopperCrash on 8th December. pic.twitter.com/oiHWxelISi

— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021

Mournful visuals showed Brigadier’s wife in tears kneeling by the head of her husband’s coffin, which was draped with the national flag and decked with flowers.

“We must give him a good farewell, a smiling send-off, I am a soldier’s wife. It’s a big loss”, said Brig LS Lidder’s wife Geetika Lidder, when asked to comment on the national loss.

Delhi | We must give him a good farewell, a smiling send-off, I am a soldier’s wife. It’s a big loss: Brig LS Lidder’s wife Geetika Lidder pic.twitter.com/QOHxuFtxtL

— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2021

Brigadier’s daughter Aashna Lidder was by her mother’s side, fighting back tears of her own while paying her last respects to her father.