NEW DELHI: A ground rescue team on Thursday morning transferred the bodies of Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Dorjee Khandu and four others, who died in a helicopter crash in Tawang district, to the nearest helipad at Luguthang, about 3 km from the crash site, according to television reports.
It is reported that army personnel brought the body of Dorjee Khandu to Luguthang village by the land route.
Home ministry has confirmed that the body of the chief minister has been identified. His body would be taken to Itanagar at 12.30 pm.
was taken to Tawang helipad and autopsy would be conducted at the Tawang post at 12.30 pm.
After four days of search by over 3,000 security forces and choppers, it was finally a group of tribals who on Wednesday found the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing Saturday and the mutilated bodies of Dorjee Khandu and four others.
The wreckage of the chopper that Dorjee Khandu was travelling in was located near the Sela Pass on Wednesday, five days after it went missing.
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It is reported that army personnel brought the body of Dorjee Khandu to Luguthang village by the land route.
Home ministry has confirmed that the body of the chief minister has been identified. His body would be taken to Itanagar at 12.30 pm.
was taken to Tawang helipad and autopsy would be conducted at the Tawang post at 12.30 pm.
After four days of search by over 3,000 security forces and choppers, it was finally a group of tribals who on Wednesday found the wreckage of a helicopter that went missing Saturday and the mutilated bodies of Dorjee Khandu and four others.
The wreckage of the chopper that Dorjee Khandu was travelling in was located near the Sela Pass on Wednesday, five days after it went missing.
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