SHILLONG, Jan 11: State Health Minister, AL Hek, has condoled the demise of Union Minister Shripad Naik’s wife on Monday.
Naik was injured while his wife and a personal assistant were killed in a road accident in Karnataka on Monday, police said.
The 68-year-old minister was brought to Goa Medical College for further treatment, an official in Panaji said.
The Union minster and five others — his wife Vijaya, personal assistant Deepak, a gunman, a confidante and driver — were travelling in a car through a village of Uttara Kannada district on Monday when the vehicle met with an accident after the driver appeared to have lost control, according to Karnataka police.
The vehicle was badly mangled in the impact and the Minister and others were injured.
Hek has, meanwhile, also prayed for the Union Minister’s speedy recovery. (With inputs from PTI)
