April 20, 2026 04:34 pm (IST)
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Jamnagar: BJP MP injures herself after falling into a drain
Jamnagar, Gujarat, May 17 (IBNS) Poonam Madam, a BJP parliamentarian from Jamnagar, injured herself on Monday, after a thin crust covering a drain over which she was standing cracked and caved in, reports said.
Madam was meeting slum dwellers who were out protesting a demolition drive by the local civic body, when the incident took place.
Reports stated that she fell into a eight-foot-deep drain, injuring her head, shoulders and limbs.
After being rushed to a clinic, she received several stitches and was taken to Mumbai for further check up.
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