On 6 March 2009, 2 Indian Air Force test pilots, Wing Commander Praveen Kotekoppa and Wing Commander Dipesh Shah along with a Flight Test Engineer Squadron Leader Ilayaraja, were killed when the second prototype Saras aircraft crashed and caught fire in an open field near Bidadi, about 30 km from Bangalore.
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The Nityananda sex scandal refers to a video of godman Swami Nithyananda in a compromising position with Tamil actress Ranjitha in the godman's ashram in Bidadi.