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Copter wreckage, four bodies found in M.P.

Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL: After four days of hectic search, the wreckage of the Chhattisgarh Government helicopter was found in the dense forests of Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, close to the Chhattisgarh border, on Wednesday morning. The charred bodies of its occupants were found scattered nearby.

The Eurocopter EC135 had taken off from Bhopal for Raipur at 11.50 a.m. on July 14 and went missing after transmitting a radio signal around 12.25 p.m.

Captain A.S. Sidhu was flying the chopper. Co-pilot Vikram Savekar, a flight engineer and a mechanic were on board.

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