Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti hurt in accident

VIJAYAPURA: Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Union minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, was injured when a car, in which she was travelling in, allegedly collided with a min-truck on Vijayapura-Hubballi national highway near Jumnal village here on Thursday night.
According to police sources, the incident happened when the minister was on her way to Bagalkot district after attending a convention of women. The minister and her car driver suffered minor injuries in the incident, after which they were rushed to the district hospital for treatment. They are out of danger. Traffic movement on NH-50 came to a halt for sometime following this accident. Traffic police rushed to the spot and cleared the traffic.
A case has been registered at Vijayapura Rural police station. TNN