Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 10

The moral remains of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, will be accorded a 17-gun salute.

The buglers will play the Last Post and Rouse. The funeral pyre will be lit by the family.

Gen Bipin Rawat’s mortal remains have been ‘laid at state’ at 3 Kamraj Marg till 1.30 pm.

A total of 12 officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force of the rank of Brigadier and equivalent are on Vigil Duty at Kamraj Marg.

Six officers from Army, Navy and Air Force of the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent will be the pall bearers. 

Wreaths are being laid by visiting dignitaries while the mortal remains have been laid in state and will also be laid at Brar Square Cremation Ground.

In all, 132 members of the band will play. A total of 800 service personnel will be in attendance for the military funeral of the CDS.