The statements of the witness are being recorded by the inquiry team which includes people on the ground near the crash site in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.
The post fell vacant following the death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash on Dec 8.
The event commemorates 50 years of India's historic victory in the 1971 war and the Indo-Bangladesh friendship.
Accused Firoz Diwan used objectionable words about Gen Rawat, thereby "hurting the feelings of people and Armed Forces", said a police official.
Yash Vardhan Singh, the brother-in-law of Gen Rawat, said fate had brought Bipin Rawat and wife Madhulika together and fate took them away from both at the same time.
The General tried his best to bring about coordination between the three Services by beginning the process of creating theatre commands, as the US and China have done.
Daughters Kritika and Tarini will perform 'Asthi Visarjan' of parents Bipin Rawat and Madhulika Rawat in Haridwar.
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A huge crowd of people lined up on both sides of the dedicated road route to bid final goodbye to the top Army General. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was cremated with full military honours in Friday, two days after the tragic helicopter crash that killed 12 others, including his wife Madhulika Rawat.
General Bipin Rawat Cremation: A huge crowd of people lined up on both sides of the dedicated road route to bid final goodbye to the top Army General.
The black box, comprising the flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), of the ill-fated Mi-17V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force was recovered from the crash site on Thursday.
On Thursday, PM Narendra Modi and the country's top military brass paid homage to CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, Brig LS Lidder and 10 more defence personnel at the Palam air base after their bodies were brought to Delhi in a military aircraft.
CDS General Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat, seven Indian Army officers and jawans and four Indian Air Force officers lost their lives in the military chopper crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
The Mi-17V5 helicopter carrying CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 others crashed, killing 13 of the 14 people on board in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday. The final rites of Bipin Rawat and his wife Madhulika Rawat will be done on Friday.
The move by the government comes even as a number of retired military commanders said it will be prudent to appoint Gen Naravane to the top military post as he is retiring as the Chief of Army Staff in five months.
Those killed in the crash included Military Adviser to the Chief of Defence Staff Brig LS Lidder and staff officer Lt Col Harjinder Singh. Group Captain Varun Singh is the sole survivor of the crash. He battling for life at the military hospital in Wellington.
The chopper's external check was done. It was conducted by pilots and maintenance staff. The chopper was being maintained properly, say sources.
A military chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on Wednesday in which Indian's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat was travelling along with others.
According to reports, CDS Rawat was headed to Defence Services Staff College located in Wellington in Udhagamandalam (Ooty). The helicopter carrying him took off from Army base in Sulur near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
The Chief of Defence Staff was on his way to the Defence Staff College in Wellington.
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