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Rajasthan Min's car overturns by hitting a buffalo; PA dies on the spot

Last Updated 01 August 2017, 11:38 IST

Rajasthan’s Minister of Food and Civil Supply Babulal Varma was seriously injured while his personal assistant, Rajendra Singh, was killed; when their car was overturned by hitting a stray buffalo.  

As per the police, his car hit a buffalo and overturned on the Kota-Baran Highway in the wee hours on Tuesday. The car driver, Moti Lal was also injured in the accident.  Verma was initially admitted in the ICU of Maharao Bheem Singh (MBS) hospital in Kota and then was referred to Jaipur. As per the doctors who are presently treating him, his condition is stable.

However the Minister's personal assistant, Rajendra Pradas Rager (43), a resident of Baneta village who was thrown out on the road after the car overturned and died on the spot.

"Minister was returning from Baran after an event at 3 AM when the car hit a stray buffalo and then rammed into a divider before turning turtle near a flyover", SHO Banwari Lal of Semliya Police Station said. As per the initial investigation, the driver has recorded in his statement that he saw a buffalo walking on the road but in order to avoid a collision, he balanced and the car overturned.

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(Published 01 August 2017, 11:38 IST)

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