CBI will probe Andhra CM's helicopter crash
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CBI to probe YSR helicopter crash
AGENCIES 7 September 2009, 02:50pm IST
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh government announced on Monday that the CBI will probe the helicopter crash that killed late chief minister Y S Rajasekhara after it recommended to the central government that an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) be ordered.
State home minister P Sabita Indra Reddy told reporters Monday that Union home minister P Chidambaram has agreed to the state's request, conveyed by chief minister Rosaiah.
"The Union home minister readily agreed to the CBI inquiry and conveyed the decision to the chief minister," Sabita Reddy said after the meeting. She, however, added that the probe being conducted by the state’s crime investigation department would also continue.
The state government has also ordered a probe by a two-member expert committee comprising M R Reddy, retired Indian Police Service (IPS) official, and H S Kola, former director general, civil aviation, she said. The committee will submit its report in 60 days.
"Since, many doubts are being raised over the helicopter tragedy, we decided to conduct a thorough inquiry from all angles so that the truth comes out," she said.
YSR, his special secretary, chief security officer and two pilots were killed when the helicopter carrying them from Hyderabad to Chittoor crashed in bad weather in Nallamalla forests in Kurnool district on Wednesday morning. The charred bodies and the wreckage of the chopper were found the next morning after a massive search operation.