MP miner Tulsiram Silawat, kin escape unhurt after truck rams into his car

Tulsiram Silawat is state water resources miner and represents Sanwer constituency in Indore drict. The incident occured on Tuesday night when the miner’s car was hit a truck in Dewas drict while he was travelling with his family to Bhopal.

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A truck rammed into the official car of Madhya Pradesh miner Tulsiram Silawat in Dewas drict of the state when he was travelling to Bhopal with his family members, but all of them escaped unhurt, a police official said. The incident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday on Dewas pass road, he said. “The car of MP miner Tulsiram Silawat was hit on Tuesday night a truck in Dewas drict when he was travelling with his family to Bhopal. However, all the occupants of the miner’s car escaped unhurt in the accident,” Superintendent of Police (SP) Shivdayal Singh said. Also Read| Watch: Panic in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri as crocodile enters residential areaThe truck hit the miner’s car from the side, which left the left side door of the vehicle damaged, he said. Police officials reached the spot after the accident and the driver of the truck was detained. A case was regered against him under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), the SP said, adding that his vehicle was also seized. Further investigation is underway, he added. Silawat is state water resources miner and represents Sanwer constituency in Indore drict.

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