BATHINDA, May 8 -- A civilian was killed and nine others were injured after an unidentified aircraft crashed and went up in flames in the Aklian Kalan village of Bathinda district in Punjab early on Wednesday, said senior medical officer, government hospital at Goniana, Dr Dheera Gupta.

The deceased was identified by villagers as Govind Kumar, who hailed from Charkhi Dadri in Haryana and was working as a farm labourer in the village. There was no information about the pilot till the filing of this report.

The aircraft crashed into the harvested wheat fields, about 500 meters from inhabited areas, around 2am, said villagers and district administration officials, on a condition of anonymity.

The crash site is about 20km from the strategi...