• Source:JND
Add as a preferred

JE News Desk: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sustained injuries after the helicopter in which she was flying made an emergency landing at the Sevoke air base near Siliguri in the northern part of the state due to bad weather, the officials said.

The chief minister was taken to the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata later in the evening and was advised by doctors to get admitted to the hospital for treatment. Banerjee told the attending doctors that she will continue treatment at home.

Banerjee was injured on her waist and legs when she tried to deboard the chopper at the air base. She later returned to Kolkata by a flight from Bagdogra Airport.

“Mamata Banerjee’s helicopter made an emergency landing. She was injured. It was due to rough weather,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said in a post on Twitter.

A senior doctor at SSKM hospital said: “The chief minister has suffered some injuries due to the emergency landing. She is being examined. Senior doctors are attending to her. MRI scan revealed ligament injury with fluid collection in her left knee joint with marks of ligament injury in the left hip joint. Treatment has already begun. She was advised to get admitted but she said that she would continue the treatment at home”.

In a tweet, West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose’s office said: “Hon’ble Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose is relieved to know that Hon’ble Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is safe after the emergency landing of her helicopter today. Dr Bose enquired about her safety and well-being”.

Earlier, the pilot decided to make an emergency landing after the helicopter started "shaking terribly" when it ran into bad weather on the way to Bagdogra airport.

Banerjee, also the Trinamool Congress supremo, then travelled by road to reach the airport and took a flight back to the city. The chief minister was returning to Kolkata after a two-day trip to northern districts of the state to campaign for the panchayat elections, scheduled on July 8.

Also In News