BSF chopper’s emergency landing in Bihar

PATNA: BSF chopper, carrying senior CRPF officials deployed in anti-Naxal operations, made an emergency landing in Aurangabad district of Bihar today after developing a technical problem and all on board were safe, officials said. The military camouflage painted Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) 'Dhruv' landed safely at about 11:55 PM at an open field in Uphara area of the Left Wing Extremism-affected district, they said. The chopper with nine passengers and crew had taken off from Danapur, they said. CRPF's Additional Director General (central zone) Kuldiep Singh, Inspector General (Bihar Sector) Charu Sinha, two senior commanders and a few local police officials were on board the helicopter, named 'Brahmaputra', they said.