Narrow escape for Kamal Nath, Congress leaders after elevator drops

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and few other Congress leaders had a narrow escape on Sunday after the elevator at a private hospital in which they were traveling malfunctioned and dropped a few feet from the ground floor. An investigation into the incident has been ordered.

Nath was at the DNS Hospital in Indore, along with Sajjan Verma, Jitu Patwari, and other Congress leaders. “Today (Sunday), there should be an investigation into the lapses in security of Kamal Nath in Indore. By God’s grace, he is safe but the issue of investigation into the lapses is important,” Jitu Patwari tweeted in Hindi.

आज इंदौर में कमलनाथ जी की सुरक्षा में हुई चूक की जांच होना चाहिए..।

– ईश्वर की असीम कृपा वह सुरक्षित है लेकिन चूक जांच का विषय अवश्य है..। pic.twitter.com/LhlZ5fLjY2

— Jitendra (Jitu) Patwari (@jitupatwari) February 21, 2021

The hospital director said,” Incident occurred due to overload; no injuries caused.”

Indore: Kamal Nath, Jitu Patwari and few other Congress leaders had a narrow escape when an elevator at a pvt hospital dropped a few feet from ground floor yesterday. There were no injuries reported.

Hospital Director said,”Incident occurred due to overload; no injuries caused.” pic.twitter.com/8nYFVMrWZR

— ANI (@ANI) February 22, 2021

“Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan called Kamal Nath on the phone and asked about the lift accident at the private hospital in Indore. Indore Collector has ordered an inquiry into the accident,” MP CMO tweeted.

मुख्यमंत्री श्री @chouhanshivraj ने नेता प्रतिपक्ष श्री कमलनाथ से उनके निवास जाकर सौजन्य भेंट की व उनकी कुशलक्षेम पूछी। #CMMadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/2Ms5BlsMSW

— Chief Minister, MP (@CMMadhyaPradesh) February 22, 2021

More information is awaited in this regard as to what caused the glitch in the elevator.