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May 4 2009, AP

Two janitors were arrested in the attempted sabotage of the helicopter of an Indian billionaire, a senior police official said Monday, describing the tampering as part of an internal dispute at the company that maintained the aircraft.

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FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, Indian billionaire industrialist Anil Ambani addresses a press conference in Mumbai, India. The body of Bharat Borge, who was a technician of Ambani’s helicopter, was discovered Tuesday, April 28,...