New Delhi, Sep 3 (Inditop.com) US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer Thursday condoled the death of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, describing him as “a strong supporter of India-US friendship”.
“The chief minister was a strong supporter of US-India friendship and our bilateral partnership, visible in the strong economic and family ties between the people of Andhra Pradesh and the US,” Roemer said here in a statement.
On behalf of the US government, Roemer offered his condolences to Reddy’s family as well as to the families of two senior officers who died along with the chief minister in the crash. Two pilots also died in the crash.
The 60-year-old chief minister, popularly known as YSR, was going from Hyderabad to Chittoor, 588 km away, for a mass contact programme when his helicopter went missing in bad weather around 9.30 a.m. Wednesday in a dense forest range. His body was found Thursday.
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