Inquiry Launched Over Security Lapse

The police in Andhra Pradesh's Sri Sathya Sai district on Wednesday questioned the co-pilot of a private helicopter, who along with the pilot, flew YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to Papireddypalli village in Ramagiri block on April 8, but did not carry him back to Bengaluru, raising security concerns, a police official said.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD: The police in Andhra Pradesh's Sri Sathya Sai district on Wednesday questioned the co-pilot of a private helicopter, who along with the pilot, flew YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to Papireddypalli village in Ramagiri block on April 8, but did not carry him back to Bengaluru, raising security concerns, a police official said.

CK Palli inspector of police C Sridhar told reporters that he, along with Dharmavaram deputy superintendent of police Hemanth Kumar questioned Shreyas Jain, co-pilot of the helicopter belonging to Chipsan Aviation, Bengaluru, for nearly four hours.

"We issued summons to Jain as well as pilot Anil Kumar for questioning why they had left the village without carrying Jagan Mohan Reddy, who was forced to return to Bengaluru by road on April 8," the inspector said.