Ahmedabad, June 12 -- Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani was killed in the Air India flight AI-171 crash that occurred on Thursday afternoon shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, media reports said.

The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner went down in the Meghani Nagar area, a densely populated neighbourhood near the airport.

Rupani was among the 242 people on board. Unverified reports indicate he was listed as passenger number 12 on the flight manifest and had booked a seat in Z class, part of Business Class.

Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani was a prominent BJP leader and served as Gujarat's 16th Chief Minister from 2016 to 2021, completing two consecutive terms.

He also represented the Rajkot West constituency as a Member of t...