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His uncle is [[Akhilesh Pratap Singh]], a politician who represented [[Rudrapur (Assembly constituency)|Rudrapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] for five years until 2017. He also serves as spokesman for the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> | His uncle is [[Akhilesh Pratap Singh]], a politician who represented [[Rudrapur (Assembly constituency)|Rudrapur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] for five years until 2017. He also serves as spokesman for the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> | ||
==Death== | |||
{{Main|2021 Indian Air Force Mi-17 crash}} | |||
On 8 December 2021, Varun along with [[Bipin Rawat]], his wife and members of his staff were amongst 10 passengers and 4 crew members aboard an [[Indian Air Force]] [[Mil Mi-17]] helicopter flight en route from the [[Sulur Air Force Base|Sulur Airforce base]] to the [[Defence Services Staff College]] (DSSC), Wellington, where Rawat was to deliver a lecture.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Desk|first=The Hindu Net|date=8 December 2021|title=Indian Air Force helicopter crash live {{!}} Gen. Bipin Rawat, wife and 11 others dead|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/live-updates-air-force-helicopter-with-cds-bipin-rawat-others-on-board-crashes-in-coonoor-tamil-nadu/article37894521.ece|access-date=8 December 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> At around 12:10 p.m. local time, the aircraft crashed near a residential colony of private tea estate employees on the outskirts of the hamlet of Nanjappachatiram, [[Bandishola]] panchayat, in the Katteri-Nanchappanchathram area of [[Coonoor]] taluk, [[Nilgiris district]].<ref name="TNIE_chopper_crash">{{cite news |last1=M. |first1=Saravanan|last2=Sundar|first2=P. S. |date=8 December 2021 |title=First Chief of Defence Bipin Rawat, 12 others killed in chopper crash in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/dec/08/first-chief-of-defence-bipin-rawat-12-others-killed-in-chopper-crash-in-tamil-nadus-coonoor-2393293.html |work=The New Indian Express |location= |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="TNIE_Coonoor">{{cite news |last=M. |first=Saravanan|date=8 December 2021 |title=Coonoor helicopter mishap: 'One of the injured men asked for water', recount eyewitnesses |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/dec/08/coonoor-helicopter-mishap-one-of-the-injured-men-asked-for-water-recount-eyewitnesses-2393307.html|work=The New Indian Express |location= |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="Sulur_tragedy">{{cite news |last=Saravanan |first=M.|date=9 December 2021 |title=Sulur chopper tragedy: 'Never seen anything this tragic', say Coonoor fire and rescue personnel |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/dec/08/sulur-chopper-tragedy-never-seen-anything-this-tragic-say-coonoor-fire-and-rescue-personnel-2393297.html|work=The New Indian Express |location= |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref> The crash site was 10 km from the flight's intended destination.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Madhav|first=Pramod |date=8 December 2021|title=CDS General Bipin Rawat's chopper crashes in Tamil Nadu|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/army-chopper-crash-tamil-nadu-coonoor-1885464-2021-12-08|access-date=2021-12-09|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> He was first treated at the military hospital in Wellington and then he airlifted to the Bengaluru Command Hospital where he was put on life support system. He died on December 15, 2021 during treatment at the Command Hospital in Bengaluru. | |||
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