Repolling ordered in eight polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh
These include Sario in Bameng constituency, Langte Loth in Nyapin constituency, and Bogne, Molom, Dingser, Bogis Siyum, Jimbari, and Lengi under Nacho Assembly Constituency.
The wreckage of the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter that went missing on Tuesday with three operating crews on board was found in Pampunpare district of Arunachal Pradesh. None of the crew members survived.
Earlier in the day, a massive ground-search operation was carried out in Arunachal Pradesh for the missing chopper.
"Rescue teams from the Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and state police were trekking through the jungle and hill areas between Yupia and Hoj Telam in Papum Pare district to locate the missing chopper," Sandeep Goel, police chief of Arunachal Pradesh, was quoted as saying by a news agency.
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The Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) of the IAF engaged in flood rescue mission in the state went missing on Tuesday at 3.50 pm after it took off from Pilputu Helipad near Sagalee for the Naharlagun heliport.
The helicopter was evacuating people stranded in Sagalee and Dambuk due to massive landslides caused by heavy rains.
(With inputs from agencies)
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