April 04, 2026 02:19 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
AAP drops Raghav Chadha from key parliamentary role, sparks buzz over internal rift | Amit Shah to camp in West Bengal for 15 days during Assembly polls; predicts Mamata’s defeat in state and Bhabanipur | 'BJP plotting President’s Rule, don’t fall in the trap': Mamata Banerjee on Malda unrest, urges peace | 'Most polarised state': CJI Kant raps Bengal govt over 9-hour hostage of judicial officers | Bengal SIR protest: Judge pleads for help amid mob attack after 9-hour hostage ordeal | Bengal SIR progress: 47 lakh of 60 lakh adjudicated cases disposed of, Supreme Court informed | Amit Shah to join Suvendu Adhikari on Bhabanipur nomination day; BJP plans mega roadshow | Fuel prices rise: Premium petrol, diesel hiked amid oil price surge | Commercial LPG up Rs 195.50 as global oil prices rise; domestic rates unchanged | Layoff alert: Oracle cuts 30,000 jobs globally, 12,000 hit in India

West Bengal: TMC MP Dibyendu Adhikari faces road mishap, escapes unhurt

| | Apr 30, 2017, at 11:05 pm
Kolkata, Apr 30 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP from Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency, Dibyendu Adhikari, on Saturday late night escaped injury after his car was hit by a speeding truck at Chandipur area in West Bengal's East Medinipur district, reports said.

According to reports, an over-speeding truck suddenly lost its control and hit the car of state Transport Minister Subhendu Adhikari's brother, Dibyendu Adhikari, from behind on Digha-Mecheda highway (NH-116B) at around 11pm. while the local MP was returning to Contai (Kanthi) from Nandakumar.

Police from Chandipur Police Station rushed to the scene and rescued the TMC leader and his co-passengers unhurt from the car.

However, after seizing the truck and arresting its driver, who was allegedly drunk while driving, local police have started probe into the matter.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.