NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force aircraft hit a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district on Friday causing severe damage.
According to police nobody was injured in the incident. The Indian Air Force in a statement on X confirmed the incident and regretted the damage caused to the property.
“The IAF regrets the damage caused today to property on ground, near Shivpuri, by the inadvertent drop of a non-explosive aerial store from an IAF aircraft, and has instituted an inquiry into the incident,” it said.
Earlier in the day, eyewitnesses reported that a heavy object fell onto the roof of Manoj Sagar’s house—a local teacher—at around 11 a.m.
According to officials, two rooms of the house in Pichhore town were completely destroyed, and debris from the collapse damaged a nearby parked car.
Officials added that the blast’s shockwaves were strong enough to be felt in neighboring homes. Police quickly arrived at the scene and cordoned off the area.
“A heavy metal object fell from the sky from an Air Force jet on the house of Manoj Sagar … due to which two outer rooms have been damaged. There were four members in the house, all are safe. A team of police and administrative officials is on the spot,” Shivpuri’s Superintendent of Police Aman Singh Rathor said in a social media post.
