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Pilot dies after Indian Air Force fighter jet crashes in Gujarat’s Kutch

An Indian Air Force Jaguar aircraft crashed on Tuesday around 10.30 am in Gujarat’s Kutch region, according to reports. The IAF Jaguar was on a routine training mission from Jamnagar. A court of inquiry has been ordered to investigate why the Jaguar fighter jet crashed.

The incident comes months after an IAF helicopter crashed in Assam’s Majuli island, killing two pilots. Two Indian Air Force pilots were killed in a crash in Majuli in February, minutes after their microlight aircraft took off on a routine sortie, defence ministry officials had said.

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“Today [Tuesday] morning a Jaguar aircraft on a routine training mission from Jamnagar crashed around 10:30 am,” Defence spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Manish Ojha said.

Officials said Air Commodore Sanjay Chauhan had taken off on a routine training mission from Jamnagar when the incident took place. Five cows are believed to have been killed too.

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New Delhi: The Patiala House Court on Monday convicted three out of four people in 2011 terror funding case.

District Judge Poonam Bamba convicted Mohd Sadiq Ginai, Ghulam Jeelani Liloo and Farooq Ahmed Dagga under provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2011 filed the charge sheet against the convicted for collecting more than Rs 4.57 crore from Pakistan through hawala channels within three years for funding terrorist activities in the Valley. Following that the NIA also filed charge sheet against Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid Yusuf under section 120-B of the IPC and 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 38 and 40 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

The trio along with Syed Shahid Yusuf was charged for willfully raising, receiving, collecting ‘terror funds’ and holding proceeds of terrorism’ for the furtherance of terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.

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