Arun Jaitley suffers minor injury while returning from Haridwar's Patanjali Food Park
The finance minister suffered the injury while boarding a chopper. Doctors said his health is fine.
In Short
- Haridwar SSP Krishna Kumar VK said Jaitley was "perfectly all right."
- Patanjali doctors who examined Jaitley said that the injury was extremely minor.
- He was cleared to fly and reached New Delhi later in the evening.
Arun Jaitley today suffered a minor injury while boarding a helicopter in Haridwar. The finance minister had gone to the Uttarakhand city to visit Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Food Park.
The Minister "is perfectly all right and has returned to New Delhi by the same chopper," Haridwar SSP Krishna Kumar VK told the news agency PTI.
Jaitley hurt his head, but Patanjali doctors who examined Jaitley said that the injury was extremely minor.
TV visuals showed Jaitley being attended to by a medic as he sat near the chopper after the mishap, flanked by Ramdev and others.
He was cleared to fly and reached New Delhi later in the evening.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who had a minor injury while boarding a chopper in Haridwar, reaches Delhi. His health is fine. pic.twitter.com/eDmqjo5gdX- ANI (@ANI_news) March 12, 2017
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