Minister skips official car, escapes mishap

Chandrapur (Maharashtra): A decision by Union Minister Hansraj Ahir to board another vehicle in his convoy instead of his official car helped him escape an accident here on Friday morning.

The Union MoS for Home Affairs, on his way to Nagpur to catch a flight to New Delhi, had a brief halt at Padoli in the district to meet BJP workers. As Ahir was getting late, he went in another vehicle, asking his bodyguard and a party worker to continue the journey in his official car. Later, the minister’s official car, in which his bodyguard and party worker were travelling, skided off the road as it was raining. The car came to a halt after hitting a tree near Morwa village, about 9 kms from the city, at around 7 am, according to the information given by his Personal Assistant Satish Joshi and the police.

Both occupants of the car suffered minor injuries. They were given first aid at a private hospital in the city before being discharged.