Rumours of fire scare in CM’s chopper wrong, KCR safe

Hyderabad: Social media platforms were agog with rumours on Tuesday about Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s safety after a television channel reported a fire scare in his helicopter.

The Chief Minister is safe, hale and hearty. It has been confirmed that smoke coming out of a bag containing a hand-held wireless set in Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar



Rao’s helicopter while he was on the ground at Murmur in Ramagundam to lay the foundation stone for the lift irrigation project caused a mild flutter.

KCRSecurity personnel who noticed the smoke immediately removed the bag from the chopper. The Chief Minister, who was participating in the function at the project site, is absolutely fine, sources said.