Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu is no more. His body along with four others have been recovered . This was officially confirmed by the Minister for North Eastern Affairs B.K. Handique in Itanagar while talking to reporters this evening. He however said that there is difficulty in air lifting the body of the Chief Minister as it is heavily raining there.Earlier, Mr. Handique said that the body of the Chief Minister would be sent to his home village in Tawang.

After four days of intense search for the Chief Minister’s missing chopper, rescuers located the crashed chopper, discovered the wreckage alongwith the bodies in a high altitude area between Kyela and Lugutang near Tawang.