Union Minister of State for Defence and North Goa MP Shripad Naik has been admitted to a hospital in North Karnataka after his car met with an accident.
His wife and a close government aide died when the SUV in which they were travelling met with an accident near Hillur-Hosakambi village in Ankola taluk on Monday.
Naik’s wife Vijaya suffered head injuries and died while being brought to a private hospital in Ankola. One more person in the car died in a government hospital.
However, the union minister is said to be in a stable condition. He was shifted to Goa Medical College after preliminary treatment in Ankola.
Goa BJP spokesperson Narendra Sawaikar has wished Naik a "speedy recovery".
"He met with an accident in Karnataka and his condition is serious," Sawaikar told reporters.
Naik was travelling by car, along with his wife in the Uttar Kannada district.
