Chief Minister Arjun Munda injured in helicopter accident
Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has suffered injuries in a
helicopter accident at the Birsa Munda Airport in Ranchi on Wednesday."The
chief minister suffered injuries when the helicopter met with an
accident while landing," Ranchi Superintendent of Police Ranji Kumar
said. The chief minister was admitted to a hospital, he said.The
helicopter was returning to Birsa Munda Airport around noon after it
could not land at Kuchai in Sareikela-Kharsawan district, about 100 kms
from Ranchi.
"The
helicopter fell from a height apparently due to a technical problem
while landing," a close aide of the Chief Minister said.The chopper suffered damage in the mishap, he said.Jharkhand DGP G S Rath said, "The Chief Minister was accompanied in the helicopter by his wife, an MLA and a security officer."
He said the
helicopter made a force landing and in the process the chief minister
and others got some injuries but were safe."They have been taken to
Apollo Hospital but there is nothing to worry," he said.
In
May last year, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorji Khandu was killed
along with four others after their helicopter crashed in bad weather in
a hilly terrain in the state.
Earlier in
September 2009, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was
killed in Kurnool district when the helicopter carrying him crashed.
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