Two months after an Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in J & K killing six IAF personnel and one civilian, the Court of Inquiry (COI) set up to fix responsibility is yet to submit its report. Business Standard reported on Saturday that IAF has been asked to put the report on ‘hold’ till after the elections get over.

The reason, says Business Standard columnist, strategic affairs expert and a former army officer Ajai Shukla, is the finding that the helicopter was mistakenly brought down by missile fired by Indian ground forces guarding the Srinagar air base.

Shukla’s report was quickly contradicted by the IAF on Saturday morning itself. And in a tweet the IAF spokesman claimed that inquiries conducted by Courts of Inquiry are time-taking and they are not prescribed any time limit.