Gopinath Munde dies in accident, driver of Indica arrested

New Delhi: The driver whose car rammed into Gopinath Munde’s car, killing the union minister, has been arrested, said the police. Gurvinder Singh, who was driving the car, was arrested from the spot. [caption id=“attachment_1554381” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File photo of Gopinath Munde. Agencies[/caption] Singh, 32, was driving his personal Tata Indica car, which rammed into the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s Maruti Suzuki SX4 on the side he was sitting, police said. “We are investigating whether he (Singh) jumped the red light in the morning,” Delhi Police Joint Commissioner M.K. Meena told IANS. The police have registered a case against Singh of rash and negligent driving, causing death. Union minister Gopinath Munde died of a cardiac arrest when the car he was in, on his way to Delhi airport, collided with an Indica. Munde was rushed to AIIMS where he died of a heart attack, despite the doctor’s efforts to revive him. Postmortem results are still awaited. IANS