Minister Babul Supriyo injured in accident, rushed to AIIMS

Union minister Babul Supriyo was on Friday injured when the motorcycle he was driving hit a SUV near southwest Delhi's Subroto Park area.

The incident took place around 9.10 pm when he was on his way to the Indira Gandhi International Airport to receive his daughter.

His car was tailing the cruiser motorbike which he was riding. He suddenly lost control over the two-wheeler and hit the rear side of the SUV, a senior police official said.

The minister of state for urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation suffered injuries in his elbow and his security officials, who were following him in the car, rushed him to AIIMS Trauma Centre where his condition was stated to be stable.

Supriyo was wearing his helmet, for which he did not receive injuries on his head.

No complaint has been received in connection with the incident. The condition of the minister is stable, DCP (Southwest) Surender Kumar said.

Dr Amit Gupta, additional professor of trauma surgery and critical care at JPNATC, AIIMS said because of the high velocity impact of the accident, Supriyo is being kept under observation for 24 hours.

"Union minister Babul Supriyo was brought to the trauma centre this evening with history of road traffic injury. On arrival he had normal vital signs and on further examination he was found to have suffered injuries to left elbow soft tissue and left chest wall soft tissue. CT scan of head, chest, abdomen was normal," he said.