Former Tripura chief minister and BJP’s in-charge for Haryana Biplab Kumar Deb escaped unhurt after his car met with an accident near Panipat on Monday. As per the police, the incident took place on the NH-44 when he was going to Chandigarh from Delhi. Panipat superintendent of police Shashank Kumar Sawan said that Deb escaped unhurt while an inspector from the Tripura Police and a member of his security team sustained minor injuries. He said that an inquiry has been marked.

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A 50-year-old man was shot dead by unknown assailants in Jhajjar’s Majri village on Monday, the police said. The deceased has been identified as Sudesh of Majri village and he had contested the 2009 parliamentary polls from Rohtak on the Public Party of India’s ticket. According to the police, Sudesh and his friend Jaideep had gone to work on Sunday and when they were about to reach their village on Monday morning, they stopped their car on a roadside. “An unknown assailant came and fired shots at Sudesh, who was sitting in the driver’s seat. The assailant, who had covered his face, fled the spot,” said a spokesman of the Jhajjar police, adding that a murder case has been registered against an unknown person and investigation is on.