Tension prevailed for some time on January 20 as rumours started spreading that the helicopter in which Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu was travelling had lost connection with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at INS Dega in Visakhapatnam.
The former Chief Minister was on his way to Araku Valley in Alluri Sitharama Raju district to attend the party’s ‘Ra Kadali Ra’ programme.
There was a rumour that the helicopter had gone in a wrong direction, but later changed its course to reach Araku.