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Jamnagar: BJP MP injures herself after falling into a drain

India Blooms News Service | | May 17, 2016, at 04:16 pm

Jamnagar, Gujarat, May 17 (IBNS) Poonam Madam, a BJP parliamentarian from Jamnagar, injured herself on Monday, after a thin crust covering a drain over which she was standing cracked and caved in, reports said.

Madam was meeting slum dwellers who were out protesting a demolition drive by the local civic body, when the incident took place.

Reports stated that she fell into a eight-foot-deep drain, injuring her head, shoulders and limbs.

After being rushed to a clinic, she received several stitches and was taken to Mumbai for further check up.

#Poonam Madam # BJP MP # Jamnagar

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