Mumbai: Defence Minister George Fernandes on October 4 night denied the occurrence of air dropping of some objects following the reported intrusion of an unidentified aircraft in a West Bengal village.

"There is no truth in these reports and they are nothing but rumours," Fernandes said when his attention was drawn to air intrusion and airdropping at Chopra village, about 2 km from Indo-Bangladesh border on October 3.

PTI