India, May 7 -- At least one person was killed and nine others sustained injuries after an unidentified aircraft crashed and went up in flames in Aklian Kalan village of Punjab's Bathinda district in the wee hours of Wednesday.

The deceased has been identified as Govind, a native of Charkhi Dadri in Haryana, who was working as a farm labourer. There was no information about the pilot till this report was filed.

The aircraft crashed into the harvested wheat fields, about 500mts away from the inhabited area, around 2 am. The crash site is about 20 km from the district headquarters

District authorities are tight-lipped about the aircraft's identity, stating that any comment on the incident will be issued only by the defence authorities. D...