One killed, 9 injured as unidentified aircraft crashes in Bathinda village

A civilian was killed and nine others were injured after an unidentified aircraft crashed and went up in flames in the Aklian Kalan village of Bathinda district in Punjab early on Wednesday, said senior medical officer, government hospital at Goniana, Dr Dheera Gupta.

​Air Force team investigating the fighter jet that crashed in Aklia village near Goniana Mandi in Bathinda on Wednesday. (Sanjeev Kumar/Hindustan Times)

The deceased was identified by villagers as Govind Kumar, who hailed from Charkhi Dadri in Haryana and was working as a farm labourer in the village. There was no information about the pilot till the filing of this report.