Relatives of Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh were injured in a road accident occurred between Tedesra and Anjora on Rajnandgaon-Khairagarh Road Thursday afternoon. Condition of the injured is stated to be normal even as they were treated in District Hospital.
Chief Minister’s nephew and president of Khairagarh Nagar Panchayat Vikrant Singh informed that Dr Singh’s sister Ila Kalchuri, his younger brother Anand Singh’s spouse Madhuri Singh, State BJP vice president Siddharth Singh’s sister Satya Singh, Rajnandgaon district BJP treasurer Sachin Baghel’s sister Madhvi Thakur had left Raipur Thursday noon for Khairagarh via Rajnandgaon. Since Durg-Khairagarh Road is under construction, they chose Rajnandgaon route to reach Khairagarh. Around 1.15 pm when their vehicle ‘Innova Car’ reached near Tedesra, it collided with another vehicle ‘Pajero’ running ahead of it, injuring the occupants.
According to sources, as a couple travelling on a scooty fell in front of the Pajero, the vehicle changed its direction to save the couple and in the mean time the Innova collided with it. In the accident while Satya Singh suffered head injury, condition of Madhuri Singh, who suffered bruises, was stated to be normal. After the accident all the occupants of the car were rushed to district hospital. To know their condition, collector Ashok Agrawal, Superintendent of Police Dr Sanjeev Shukla, ASP Shashi Mohan Singh along with other officials also reached the hospital while the Chief Minister was informed about the accident.