The Indian Air Force has confirmed that Rawat was on board and he was on his way to deliver a lecture at the Defence Staff College in Wellington. 

As the condition of Rawat is yet to be revealed, let's take a look at what do we know so far. 

In Delhi, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the accident and he also briefed the Union cabinet. 

The bodies of the deceased officers have been recovered and the reports say that around three people have sustained severe injuries that were taken to the hospital. 

The state forest department had deployed several measures to locate the wildcat and capture it. However, the officials had been missing their target in dawn and dusk.

The quadruped has been on run by using its knowledge of the terrain and the search and efforts to capture it had hit the third week.

Animal rights body People For Cattle in India (PFCI) has moved Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Madras High Court and sought a directive not to kill the wandering predator.