New Delhi: Law Minister M Veerappa Moily and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chavan are leaving for Hyderabad to monitor the operation launched to locate the missing helicopter that was carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Moily told IANS that he was "going to Hyderabad" to monitor the search operation. Sources said Chavan would also accompany him.
The helicopter went missing at 0935 hrs IST.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi have expressed their serious concern over the incident and are in close touch with the Andhra Chief Minister's office. They have also promised all help from the Centre.
Reddy has gone missing while on his way from Karnool to Chittoor. The CM was accompanied by his Principal Secretary S Subramanyam and Chief Security Officer ASC Wesley. There were two pilots also on board the twin-engined Bell 430 helicopter that lost contact at 0935 hrs IST with the Air Traffic Controller at the Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad when it was headed for Chittoor district, about 600 kilometres from Hyderabad.
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