Jaipur, Dec 14 (TIWN) Financial assistance worth Rs one crore will be given to the family of Squadron Leader Kuldeep Singh from Rajasthan, who was martyred in the helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu on December 8 along with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 10 other armed forces personnel.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot made the announcement on Tuesday.  Singh was a resident of Gadrana village in Jhunjhunu district.  Apart from Gen Rawat and Singh, the CDS's wife Madhulika Rawat, Brigadier LS Lidder, Lt Colonel H Singh, Wing Commander PS Chauhan, JWO Das, JWO Pradeep A, Havildar Satpal, Naik Gursewak Singh, Naik Jitender, Lance Naik Vivek and Lance Naik S Teja lost their lives in the crash.  IAF Group Captain Varun Singh, the sole survivor of the IAF chopper crash, is undergoing treatment at Command Hospital in Bengaluru.