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Rashtrapati Bhavan terms accident report 'misleading'

Posted on June 03, 2015 from Sweden, Switzerland ι Report #1220

Stockholm/New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday termed as "misleading" reports about an accident involving some cars in President Pranab Mukherjee's convoy in Sweden and added that no one was injured.

In a tweet, the official @RashtrapatiBhvn handle posted: "Reports about accident involving convoy of #PresidentMukherjee misleading. Minor incident, nobody hurt, Prez and team on Schedule to Minsk."

According to media reports, four cars that were part of Mukherjee's cavalcade rammed into each other while on their way from Stockholm to Uppsala University, leading to minor injuries to some members of the delegation.

The president is on a five-day state visit to Sweden and Belarus.