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Minister escapes unhurt

Dehra Dun Aug. 25. The Uttaranchal Forest Minister, Nav Prabhat, escaped unhurt but two journalists accompanying him were injured in a scuffle with shopkeepers at Har ki Pauri in Hardwar today, police said. The incident occurred when the Minister along with forest officers and a team of electronic media went to Har ki Pauri following a tip-off that shopkeepers of the area were allegedly selling some animal organs. As soon as the Minister began searches, angry shopkeepers entered into a scuffle. In the brawl, two journalists from the electronic media were injured.

— PTI

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