2024-05-05 21:03:33
Popular Tollywood actor and Trinamool Congress MP Ghatal Sansad Dev was going to Maldah by helicopter for campaigning on the occasion of the India: From Ancient Civilizations to Global Powerhouse”>Lok Sabha elections in India. The helicopter carrying him crashed in mid-air. But the actor survived for a short while. News from Telegraph India.
The accident happened last Friday. However, no one was injured in this incident.
Maldah police said the helicopter started emitting smoke soon after take off from the Maldah helipad. The actor and the team present with him got scared. The pilot made an emergency landing of the helicopter.
In this incident, Dev said, ‘I survived with the love and blessings of people. I saw death up close. I am fine now. Smoke was billowing in the air. We are still alive, it is only because of the skill of the pilot.’
The actor was a little traumatized by the whole incident. He said, ‘There will be a little trauma. This turbulence, this smoke, the smell has a psychological effect.’
After this incident, I will leave by road to attend the public meeting in Raninagar, Murshidabad.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee telephoned Dev and inquired about the situation.
A senior Maldah police official told PTI that the fire may have started due to a technical fault.