<p>Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his family members had a close shave today when the rear tyre of their bullet proof car burst and the vehicle veered off to a road-side field in West Singhbhum district, police said.<br /><br />Koda, his MLA wife Geeta and his 8-year-old daughter were going to watch a football match when the incident occurred near Karanjo in Chakradharpur block, Superintendent of Police Anish Gupta said.<br /><br />Koda, who is the chief guest at the football match, and others were safe and took another vehicle to reach the venue, Gupta said.<br /><br />Koda, however, said that this is the second such incident in a month and the government did not pay any heed.<br /><br />One of his car tyres was deflated earlier in a jungle area of Tebo Ghati in the district, Koda told PTI.<br /><br />"Following the first incident, I had reported it to the department concerned. The tyre that burst today was a replaced one and old," Koda alleged.<br /><br />Stating that the vehicle he had been given for use by the state government was 16/17 years old, he demanded a new car.<br /><br />About today incident, the former chief minister said, after the tyre burst, the vehicle turned and rolled down about 50 meter into the road-side field.<br /><br />The villagers and his guards took him, his wife Geeta and daughter Mithi out, he said adding that the local police have also reached the spot soon.<br /><br />"We have escaped narrowly," Koda said.<br /><br />Geeta represents Jagannathpur Assembly constituency in West Singhbhum as an Independent MLA.</p>
<p>Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his family members had a close shave today when the rear tyre of their bullet proof car burst and the vehicle veered off to a road-side field in West Singhbhum district, police said.<br /><br />Koda, his MLA wife Geeta and his 8-year-old daughter were going to watch a football match when the incident occurred near Karanjo in Chakradharpur block, Superintendent of Police Anish Gupta said.<br /><br />Koda, who is the chief guest at the football match, and others were safe and took another vehicle to reach the venue, Gupta said.<br /><br />Koda, however, said that this is the second such incident in a month and the government did not pay any heed.<br /><br />One of his car tyres was deflated earlier in a jungle area of Tebo Ghati in the district, Koda told PTI.<br /><br />"Following the first incident, I had reported it to the department concerned. The tyre that burst today was a replaced one and old," Koda alleged.<br /><br />Stating that the vehicle he had been given for use by the state government was 16/17 years old, he demanded a new car.<br /><br />About today incident, the former chief minister said, after the tyre burst, the vehicle turned and rolled down about 50 meter into the road-side field.<br /><br />The villagers and his guards took him, his wife Geeta and daughter Mithi out, he said adding that the local police have also reached the spot soon.<br /><br />"We have escaped narrowly," Koda said.<br /><br />Geeta represents Jagannathpur Assembly constituency in West Singhbhum as an Independent MLA.</p>