The cutout collapsed injuring three people.
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Hubballi: As many as Three persons, including a woman, were seriously injured after a large political cutout installed on Mantur Road collapsed in Hubballi on Saturday.
A big cutout was installed for the house distribution ceremony which Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was scheduled to attend. It collapsed ahead of his visit.
Several large cutouts of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan and other Congress leaders had been erected along Mantur Road and near the programme venue.
The injured, identified as Shanta, Manjunath and Shankar, were shifted to KMCRI and a private hospital.
The police personnel, who were near the cutout, escaped unharmed.
District Health Officer S M Honakeri said, a total three persons suffered injuries as the cutout collapsed . The injured woman was admitted to KMCRI and the two men were admitted to a private hospital.
All three are out of danger.
Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar and others visited the hospital.