A Bengaluru crime branch official was among the six people who died in a helicopter crash in Uttarakhand on Friday.
The chopper, which took off from Badrinath and was headed for Dehradun, crashed near Jyotirmath (previously Joshimath ) in Chamoli district of the state.
The helicopter, operated by Trans Bharat, was flying from Badrinath Dham to the Sahastradhara helipad. Follow LIVE Updates As the chopper lost connection and crashed minutes after take-off at 1.14 pm, a massive rescue and search operation was launched to locate the missing aircraft. The Army team, which arrived at the site of the crash at 3.30pm, found that all six people on board had died on the spot.
Who were the passengers killed in helicopter crash
District disaster management officer Chamoli, the incident was reported through an Army post, after which joint teams of the Army, police, district administration and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed for search and rescue operations, according to NK Joshi. Drone teams were also deployed from the district headquarters in Gopeshwar.
One of the deceased, Arun Salunke was a policeman serving with Bengaluru’s Central Crime Branch (CCB), Rajya Sabha MP Mansoor Khan said in a post on X. “Having served as Sub-Inspector and Circle Inspector across Bengaluru Central jurisdictions, he earned the respect of his colleagues through his commitment to duty and public service,” Khan wrote.
