Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 18 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Harish Rawat had a narrow escape on Saturday after his car met with an accident in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut.

The incident occurred near Kankerkheda in Meerut while Rawat was travelling from Delhi to Dehradun.

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More details awaited. (ANI)

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