Lucknow, April 4 -- Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday raised questions over the sudden crash of a large drone into a wheat field in the Saifai area of Etawah district, in the midst of wartime, causing panic and chaos among villagers. People wondered if a missile had strayed from the war zone and landed there.
The SP chief said that if this was part of a government test or experiment, the citizens of the state should have been notified in advance. "When there was no certainty about whether the drone would fly, why was the risk of flying it in a public area taken? If it had fallen on a nearby settlement instead of the field, the accident could have resulted in loss of life and property," he pointed out.
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