Havildar Satpal Rai was the Personal Security Officer of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat and hailed from Takdah village in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district.
Havaldar Satpal was from Takdah in Darjeeling. In the tragic chopper crash of IAF, Havaldar Satpal Rai of Glenburn Tea estate (Takdah Darjeeling) who also died along with Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and others in Nilgiri Hills was paid tributes for his supreme sacrifice. Hav Satpal Rai was the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat.
On his demise, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has written “I extend my heartfelt condolences to the family of Hav. Satpal Rai. He was the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of CDS Gen. Bipin Rawat Ji. He was from Takdah in Darjeeling.”
Rai, who was a native of Takdah, is survived by a wife, a daughter, and a son who is also in the Army.
