New Delhi, April 20 -- The Chhattisgarh government denied reports of a plane crash in the Narayanpur hills in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district on Monday.

"Some news channels and web portals have reported a plane crash in the Narayanpur hills in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district. There are no reports of such an accident," the Chhattisgarh government said in a statement, as per ANI news agency.

Earlier, several reports claimed that a private aircraft reportedly crashed into a hillside in the Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday (April 20). The aircraft is a Cessna Caravan and appeared to flying at a lower altitude, the Hindustan Times reported.

The reports claimed that the aircraft crashed in the Ratanpahli forest area in Jashpur afte...