BENGALURU, Oct. 31 -- A Bengaluru central crime branch (CCB) inspector and his four friends, who were killed when a helicopter crashed at Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Friday, were expected return to the city in the evening. The five passengers killed were identified as inspector Arun Salunke, HS Nataraj (51), Prathap Ningraju (41), Sudheer K. (49), and Shankar Gowda (39), all from Bengaluru, officials said. Salunke, appointed to the police force in 2007, belonged to Belagavi district's Aratal village and he completed his education at the MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bengaluru before joining the police force. He served at the Halasuru police station and later in the CID before joining the CCB as an inspector. "He was friendly with ev...