India, June 15 -- Seven people were killed after a chopper carrying six people from Kedarnath to Guptkashi crashed near Gaurikund on Sunday early morning in Rudraprayag district, people aware of the matter said.

The chopper which belonged to Aryan Aviation Aviation which took off from Kedarnath helipad at around 5.20 om but later went "missing" after authorities lost signal with it.

Inspector Anirudh Bhandari of state disaster response force (SDRF) said, "All seven people on board in chopper are dead."

The victims were identified as Captain Rajveer Singh Chauhan (pilot); Rajkumar Suresh Jaiswal (41), Shradha Rajkumar Jaiswal (35), Kashi (23 months), residents of Maharashtra, Vikram (46), a resident of Rudraprayag; Vinod Dev (66), and T...