'A hero, my best friend': Brig Lidder's daughter on bidding him last farewell

• Brigadier Lakhwinder Singh Lidder's daughter, Aashna, bid him a tearful goodbye on Friday. Brig Lidder, 52, was one of the 13 people who died in the military chopper crash in Tamil Nadu. The Brigadier's daughter remembered her father as a hero, a great motivator & her best friend. “I am going to be 17. So, he was with me for 17 years, we will go ahead with happy memories. It is a national loss. My father was a hero, my best friend. Maybe it was destined and better things will come our way. He was my biggest motivator,” she said. Brig Lidder was Defence Adviser to CDS General Bipin Rawat, who was also killed in the crash. Brig Lidder's mortal remains were kept at Brar Square in Delhi Cantonment before cremation. Earlier, Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, Haryana CM laid wreaths on Brig Lidder's mortal remains. Many senior defence personnel also paid their last respects to Brig Lidder at Brar Square.