Itanagar, May 04: It came as a shocking news for the Arunachal Pradesh as defence sources claimed that the search team has found the crash site of the missing chopper carrying CM Dorjee Khandu and four other members.
Helicopter wreckage where Dorjee Khandu travelled found at Lobotang, unofficial sources said. Lobotang is near Jang water falls in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.
However, government sources confirmed the news that Khandu’s chopper crash site has been located by the joint search team.
Unofficial sources also informed that five dead bodies have been found in a decomposed state in the crashed chopper. Sources also reported that the dead bodies have been handed over to the defence forces.
The Pawan Hans helicopter AS350 B-3 carrying the Chief Minister along with four others went missing since Saturday and no communication has been established since then. It was earlier reported that the chopper landed in Bhutan, though the government of Bhutan dismissed the news.
The other four members, who were accompanied Khandu in the chopper, were – crew members Captain JS Babbar and Captain KS Malick, Khandu’s security officer Yeshi Choddak and Yeshi Lamu, sister of Tawang legislator Tsewang Dhondup.
——–Agencies