Sriganganagar, 08 May (Hindustan Times). Fighter plane MiG-21 crashed in the populated area of Bahalol Nagar village under Sadar police station area of Hanumangarh district at around 10.15 am on Monday morning. This plane fell on the house of Ratan Singh alias Ratiram in the populated area. At that time six women and girls were present in the room of the house. In the accident, three women were burnt to death in the wreckage of the plane. Two girls and a woman were injured, while the pilot of the plane is safe.
Hanumangarh Superintendent of Police Sudhir Chaudhary said that 45-year-old Bansho Kaur’s wife Ratiram, 60-year-old Banto’s wife Lal Singh and 55-year-old Leeladvi’s wife Rampratap Sharma, who lived in a kutcha house, died of burns in the accident. Ratan Singh’s 18-year-old daughter Saroj, 19-year-old daughter Vimla and 32-year-old Veerpal Kaur were injured in the accident. All of them were sitting in the room at the time of the accident. SP Chowdhary told that the pilot of the plane Rahul Arora was also injured.
According to the information, after the accident, two relief teams of Air Force have reached the spot by two planes at around 11 am. Teams immediately started relief work for rescue. As soon as people got the information about the sudden accident, everyone ran towards the spot. After getting the information, Hanumangarh District Collector Rukmani Riyar Sihag also reached the spot.
Chief Minister expressed condolences on Suratgarh accident
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has expressed condolences on the MiG-21 aircraft accident of the Indian Air Force in Suratgarh, Hanumangarh. Gehlot has prayed to God to give peace to the souls of the departed and strength to the family members to bear the loss. He has also wished speedy recovery of the MiG-21 pilot and other injured. The Chief Minister said that the death of three people due to the crash of MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force in Surajgarh was sad. The relatives of the deceased will be given assistance from Chiranjeevi insurance as per rules.
