Ruling out the possibility of Naxals having brought down the helicopter of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Union Minister MM Pallam Raju on Thursday said the mishap that claimed Reddy's life took place due to bad weather.

"The possibility of a Naxal strike on the Chief Minister's helicopter is ruled out completely. It is an accident due to bad weather. There is no hand of Naxalites," the Minister of State for Defence said here.