Expressing sadness over the death of Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor in the IAF helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the nation has lost a brave soldier.

A decorated air warrior, Group Captain Varun Singh succumbed to his injuries this morning at the Air Force's Command Hospital here, a week after he was seriously injured in the chopper crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. "Extremely saddened by the passing away of Group Captain Varun Singh. The nation has lost a brave soldier. I extend my deep condolences to his family. Om Shanti," Bommai tweeted.