Sunny Deol meets with an accident; Escapes unhurt!

Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol, who is BJP's Gurdaspur candidate, escaped unhurt after the tires of the vehicle he was traveling in, burst on the Amritsar-Gurdaspur national highway. The accident involved a collision of at least four cars after Deol's car stopped abruptly on Monday. 

No one was injured in the mishap, stated the police officials. The mishap occurred after one of the tires in Deol’s sports utility vehicle burst near a ‘Gurdwara’ in Sohal village, Gurdaspur Deputy Superintendent of Police (rural) Manjit Singh told PTI. 

Mr. Deol’s cavalcade was going towards Fatehgarh Churian where the BJP candidate had to campaign, the DSP said. “Out of four, one vehicle belonged to a villager, rest other vehicles were part of Mr. Deol’s cavalcade,” he added.

After the accident, Mr. Deol resumed his journey to Fatehgarh Churian for poll campaigning, the DSP said. Mr. Deol is pitted against Congress candidate and sitting MP Sunil Jakhar from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat.