Pilot injured as helicopter crashes in India’s Maharashtra

NEW DELHI, May 3 — A pilot was injured Friday after a k private helicopter he was flying crashed in India’s wester state of Maharashtra, police said.
The helicopter crashed while attempting to land at a makeshift landing strip in Mahad of Raigad district, about 170 km south of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra.
According to officials, the chopper was scheduled to pick up Sushma Andhare, a leader of the Shiv Sena political party, for a Sublic rally in connection with the ongoing general elections in the South Asian country.