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The Jharkhand Chief Minister Mr Arjun Munda today suffered injuries in a helicopter accident at the Birsa Munda Airport here today.
“The chief minister suffered injuries when the helicopter met with an accident while landing,” Ranchi Superintendent of Police Mr 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 here.
“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.
The Jharkhand DGP Mr 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, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy was killed in Kurnool district when the helicopter carrying him crashed.
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