Three bodies sighted at presumed crash site of Arunachal CM Dorjee Khandu's chopper

ITANAGAR/NEW DELHI: Three bodies were today sighted along with wreckage of an aircraft at a place on the path the helicopter carrying Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and four others had taken and the worst is feared.

Breaking information that is "not encouraging and not good news", Home Minister P Chidambaram said at a place between Kyela and Lobothang a party sent by circle officer sighted what appears to be an aircraft.

"They have sighted three bodies. This sighting has been made from a height. They have not been able to go down to the place where the aircraft is crashed. The message has been given to the nearest Army post which is sending a team," he told reporters.

"The search party will take about half-an-hour to one hour to reach the suspected crash site," he said.