Kadaba: Naxal group suspected to have visited Bilinele on Thursday
ANF team begins combing of region
Kadaba: The local police and the Anti Naxal Force (ANF) combed the region for Naxals as rumours were adrift on Saturday that a group of people suspected to be Naxals had dinner and purchased grocery at a store in Cheru of Bilinele village on Thursday.
The group consisting of four to six people allegedly visited a local resident at around 7 pm and, after having dinner at the local's house, completed their purchase of grocery by 9 pm and left for their hideout.
The locals found it suspicious that the group members who paid a visit to Cheru on Thursday were armed and informed the government authorities of the incident. An inspection was conducted in the area by the local police as well as the Anti Naxal Force (ANF). The region surrounding the house that the suspected Naxals reportedly visited on Thursday as well as the nearby forest region was combed by the ANF team as Naxals are also suspected to have returned to their hideout in the forest after visiting Cheru.
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In a similar incident about 10 years ago, Naxals were sighted in the regions near Cheru and Manibanda leading to a round of combing by the ANF team and a suspected Naxal being killed in a shootout during the probe.
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Air India flight from Mumbai makes 'priority' landing in Bhopal after snag; return leg cancelled
Bhopal (PTI): A Bhopal-bound Air India flight from Mumbai carrying 175 persons on board made a “priority” landing here on Sunday due to a snag, an airport official said.
The aircraft landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, he said.
Consequently, the return leg of the flight from Bhopal to Mumbai, with 178 passengers booked, was cancelled, the official said.
AAI-run Bhopal airport said in a statement that Air India flight AI 633 “reported a technical issue to Air Traffic Control (ATC) during the flight from Mumbai to Bhopal”.
Immediately, all prescribed safety protocols were activated, and seamless coordination was ensured between ATC, airline ground operations, CISF and airpiort fire and rescue team of Bhopal airport, it said in a statement.
The flight, carrying 175 persons, including 166 passengers and nine crew members, landed safely at Bhopal airport at 3.20 pm, the airport operator said.
All necessary assistance and support were extended by the airport and airline teams as per the requirements of the flight crew, it said.
“Due to the technical issue, the aircraft was declared unserviceable, and as a precautionary measure, the return flight AI-634 (Bhopal to Mumbai) was cancelled by the airline to facilitate detailed inspection and rectification,” the statement said.
