Orissa minister, who was shot at, out of danger

February 22, 2014 13:02

Odisha Tourism and Culture Minister Maheshwar Mohanty was today operated upon and the bullet lodged in his ribs removed after he was shot at by assailants in his constituency Puri .

The condition of the 59-year-old minister is stable and "he is out of danger," hospital sources said.

The minister was in the intensive care unit of the private hospital after the surgery by a team of four doctors.

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