Bharuch, April 04: Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Tushar Chaudhary was on Sunday injured in a road mishap on the Sardar Patel bridge over Narmada river here, police said.
The incident took place this morning when Chaudhary’s car collied with two other cars while overtaking, they said.
According to police, Chaudhary, accompanied by Surat district Congress party president Mohan Chaudhary, who was also injured in the mishap, were on their way to Vadodara from Surat.
The duo were taken to a private hospital in the city, they said, adding that the minister suffered a fracture in one of his fingers of right hand while his accomplice sustained minor injuries in his head.
Both the Congress leaders were discharged from the hospital after primary treatment, police said.
A complaint has been registered and further investigation was on in the matter.
Tushar Chaudhary is a member of parliament from Bardoli constituency in south Gujarat.
—PTI—