IAF declines to comment on crash reports

BATHINDA/HISAR: IAF declined to comment on reports of a plane crash or any other loss Wednesday, while wreckage of an unidentified aircraft was found in fields near Aklian Kalan village in Punjab's Bathinda district around 1.30am. A civilian was killed and 10 others were injured when they approached the site out of curiosity and a blast occured.A call reporting the crash reached emergency helpline 112 around 2am.Authorities collected debris from the site, located nearly 20km from Bhisiana airbase.The deceased, Gobind Kumar (32) of Charkhi Dadri in Haryana, had travelled to Bathinda on April 13 for seasonal work at Goniana grain market. He was to return home Thursday. He is survived by wife Pooja and two children.