Ytl police had no info about copter, says SP

Yavatmal: Mahagaon/ Fulsawangi police had no prioer information about a helicopter being built by Sheikh Ismail Sheikh Ibrahim, the 24-year-old school dropout who died on Tuesday night while testing the machine, said superintendent of police, Yavatmal, Dilip Patil Bhujbal on Thursday.
The SP said that accidental death has been registered with the Pusad police station under section 174 of CrPC and the case would be handed over to Mahagaon/Fulsawangi police soon. “The case will be investigated from various angles. If at all the local police have committed any lapse, action would be taken as per law,” he said.
Speaking to TOI, lawyer Vinod Tiwari from Nagpur termed the incident as total failure of police intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Yavatmal. “How can it be referred as an innovation and scientific work by a talented youth?” he said and demanded action against all the guilty after a thorough probe by CBI or IB.
According to experts, it is an illegal act and blatant violation of the provisions of Aircraft Act, 1934.