The billionaire industrialist often commutes by helicopter, soaring far above the traffic jams that clog his sprawling hometown of Mumbai.But Ambani's high-flying life could have ended last week a complaint filed with police said pebbles and gravel were found in the chopper's engine debris that could have caused the craft to crash.
The case took a bizarre twist this week: the technician who discovered the suspected sabotage turned up dead. Bharat Borge's body was discovered on suburban Mumbai railway tracks after he was apparently hit by a train a death police are calling suicide but Borge's family believes was murder.
The intrigue is only the latest chapter in the Ambani saga, a multigenerational tale that began with an ambitious patriarch and includes warring brothers, Bollywood starlets, and egos that match their multibillion dollar fortunes. Whoever placed the pebbles in the engine understood helicopters, senior pilot R.N.
Joshi of Reliance Transport & Travels one of Anil Ambani's companies said in the police complaint. The chopper likely would have been able to take off, he said, but the debris would have entered the gear box and cut the power, bringing down the aircraft.The latest developments have gripped the country, with newspapers splashing the story across their front pages and TV news channels giving repeated updates.
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