Former Tripura CM Biplab Deb escapes unhurt in car crash in Haryana's Panipat

CHANDIGARH: Former Tripura chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday escaped unharmed when his car crashed into a stationary vehicle on the GT road in Haryana's Panipat district, police said.

Deb, a Rajya Sabha MP and the BJP's Haryana in-charge, was traveling from Delhi to Chandigarh when the accident occurred on a road between Samlakha and Panipat, they said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Samalkha) Om Prakash said that no one was hurt in the incident.
"A car had stopped on the GT road after its tyre got punctured. Deb's vehicle which was coming from behind rammed into the stationary car," a police officer said.
(With inputs from PTI)