Watch: Wife, daughter bid tearful adieu to Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Liddar

New Delhi, Dec 10: The scenes at the funeral of Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Liddar who passed away in the Coonoor chopper crash were absolutely heart breaking. His wife Geetika Liddar and daughter Aashna Liddar said goodbye to him in an emotional manner.

News agency ANI shared visuals that showed Geetika in tears kneeling by the head of her husband's coffin. The coffin was draped in a national flag and decked with flowers. The daughter was by her mother's side holding back tears.

Brigadier Liddar was killed in the air crash in which 12 others including Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat and his wide Madhulika Rawat were killed.

Brigadier Liddar was General Rawat's top aide and had been approved for promotion to Major General.

He was due to take command of a division, when he another boarded the ill-fated chopper.

He was commissioned two the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles in December 1990 and served as General Rawat's Defence Assistant since January. He also commanded a Brigade in the northern border and led his battalion in Congo as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force. He was also a Director at the Military Operations Directorate.