Guwahati: Two-time chief minister and veteran AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and his son were injured in road accident near Bawejia in central Assam’s Nagaon district on Tuesday.
Mahanta and his youngest son Shuvam Kashyap suffered minor injuries but his PSO was critically wounded when his bulletproof car in which he was traveling collided with a parked truck on the national highways at about 7 pm.
The Nagaon superintendent of police who rushed to the hospital told reporters that Mahanta suffered an injury in his leg while his son’s nose was wounded in the accident.
Informing that his PSO who was sitting on the front-seat was critically wounded, the police said that they have been shifted to private nursing home in Nagaon.
Mahanta who is shadowed by Z-plus security cover was on his way to Nagaon from Guwahati.
Mahanta and his son were treated in the private nursing home. He will be shifted to Guwahati for better treatment, security sources said.
Meanwhile, Mahanta’s family members and well-wishers have rushed to hospital where he was admitted after the accident.
