The Madhya Pradesh authorities on Tuesday determined to promote the Bell-430 helicopter, which crashed in 2002, to the very best bidder for Rs 2.57 crore, an official mentioned right here.
The helicopter bought in 1998 crashed on February 21, 2002, whereas transporting Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal to a authorities perform at a farm close to Vijay Nagar in Indore.
Paudwal suffered minor accidents within the incident, whereas an officer accompanying him was critically injured.
A authorities official mentioned that within the cupboard assembly chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, it was determined to promote the helicopter to the very best bidder who supplied Rs 2,57,17,777 in response to the e-tender.
The helicopter was repaired after the accident.
The official mentioned the federal government determined to promote it as the corporate had stopped manufacturing Bell-430 helicopters and the helicopter was unfit to fly.
Rajendra Singh Raghuvanshi, the private assistant of the then Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, suffered severe accidents within the 2002 accident.
Speaking to PTI on Tuesday, Raghuvanshi mentioned that he was taking Paudwal to a authorities perform close to Biyara and the then MP Congress chief Radhakishan Malviya was additionally on board when the helicopter crashed on the outskirts of Indore metropolis.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
