An Indian helicopter crashed in the Himalayas, near a village close to Joshimath in Chamoli district in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, the latter’s Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed on X.

Dhami added that instructions have been given to immediately transfer the severely injured to specialized medical centers.

There were six people, including the pilot, on board the helicopter, News18 television reports.

The helicopter had taken off from the Hindu pilgrimage site of Badrinath on Friday at around 14:15 local time in conditions of snowfall, but then contact with it was lost.