A chartered plane crashed in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district on Saturday, officials said.

Administration officials and the police rushed to crash spot shortly after the accident occured, said Bharatpur District Collector Alok Ranjan.

While Bharatpur administration said that it was a chartered plane which crashed, defence sources maintained that it was one the two IAF jets that crashed after collision during a routine exercise in Madhya Pradesh's border district of Morena.

Bharatpur: The wreckage of a chartered plane that crashed in Bharatpur district on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023
Bharatpur: The wreckage of a chartered plane that crashed in Bharatpur district on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023IANS

Details will only be furnished when defence officials give an official note.

Bharatpur: The wreckage of a chartered plane that crashed in Bharatpur district on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023
Bharatpur: The wreckage of a chartered plane that crashed in Bharatpur district on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023IANS

However, Rajasthan defence officials said that "it may take time for an official note as officials are checking all details".

(With inputs from IANS)