When the dais on which Lalu Prasad was present collapsed – Watch

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday suffered minor injuries in his back during a religious event here after the dais he was sitting on collapsed due to overcrowding.

Prasad was taken to Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS). The minister told reporters that he had suffered a back injury.

He was discharged later.

Prasad, along with his sons -- Deputy CM of Bihar Tejaswi Yadav and Health Minister Tej Pratap -- and daughter Misa Bharti, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, had gone to attend a yagna at Digha here when the dais they were sitting on caved in.

Doctors said they conducted an X-ray to assess his injury.

 

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#WATCH: Stage of a 'Yagya Sthal' in Patna, where Lalu Prasad Yadav was present collapsed; he was later discharged after treatment(24.3.2017) pic.twitter.com/rNm1buOe4b — ANI (@ANI_news) March 25, 2017