HYDERABAD: The Chief Minister of Indian state of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajshekhara Reddy and others on board the ill fated helicopter have been found dead at the crash site.

As per reports, five bodies have been found at the crash site located on the Srisailam hill eight kilometers from Rudrakonda at a distance of 70 km east of Kurnool town.

The government is waiting for the post-mortem report before making the grim news official.

The others who died along with YSR are his Principal Secretary Subramanyam, Chief Security Officer A S C Wesley and the Pilot and Co-Pilot Group Captain S K Bhatia and Capt M S Reddy remains uncertain.

Meanwhile in Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has convened an emergency meeting with Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee over the issue.

The 11-year-old Bell 430 helicopter had lost radio contact one hour after it took off the from the old Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad at 0835 hrs yesterday.
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