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Veteran Actress Shabana Azmi injured in accident; doctors say her condition is stable

Actor Shabana Azmi injured in accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Actor Shabana Azmi injured in accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
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Published : Jan 18, 2020, 5:08 PM IST

Updated : Jan 19, 2020, 12:36 AM IST

23:40 January 18

Shabana Azmi injured in accident; doctors say her condition is stable

Actor Shabana Azmi was injured when her car rammed into a truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday, and she was being treated in a Mumbai hospital
where her condition was stable, officials said.

"She is stable and under observation," said Dr Santosh Shetty, Executive Director and CEO of Ambani hospital in a statement late in the evening.
        
        

20:49 January 18

  • The news of @AzmiShabana Ji’s injury in an accident is distressing. I pray for her quick recovery.

    — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 18, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

PM Modi wishes Shabana speedy recovery

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished actor Shabana Azmi a quick recovery after she met with an accident.

"The news of @AzmiShabana ji's injury in an accident is distressing. I pray for her quick recovery," he wrote on Twitter.

20:22 January 18

Shabana Azmi shifted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai

Actor Shabana Azmi has been shifted to multi-speciality Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai from MGM hospital.

According to Raigad police, the actor was rushed to MGM Hospital in Navi Mumbai from the accident spot.

As per doctors, Shabana has suffered a head injury. There is also slight damage to her backbone.

17:05 January 18

Shabana Azmi injured in accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Veteran Actress Shabana Azmi shifted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai

Mumbai: Renowned Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi has been seriously injured a road accident near Khalapur on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the police said on Saturday.

As per preliminary information, her car, in which her husband and National Award-winning poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar was also travelling, dashed against a truck on the highway on the Mumbai-Pune lane around 4.15 p.m, according to a highway patrol policeman, Babasaheb Chemate.

The injured actress was brought out of the car, kept on the road briefly, and later rushed to the MGM Hospital at Kamothe in Navi Mumbai.

The 69-year old actress is undergoing treatment and tests to ascertain the extent of her injuries, official sources said.

It is not immediately clear whether Akhtar (75), who appeared badly shaken and helped to the roadside by a couple of persons, was also injured, but another unidentified woman is reportedly seriously injured.

Highway police patrol teams have rushed to investigate the accident site in which her car has been badly smashed.

23:40 January 18

Shabana Azmi injured in accident; doctors say her condition is stable

Actor Shabana Azmi was injured when her car rammed into a truck on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday, and she was being treated in a Mumbai hospital
where her condition was stable, officials said.

"She is stable and under observation," said Dr Santosh Shetty, Executive Director and CEO of Ambani hospital in a statement late in the evening.
        
        

20:49 January 18

  • The news of @AzmiShabana Ji’s injury in an accident is distressing. I pray for her quick recovery.

    — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 18, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

PM Modi wishes Shabana speedy recovery

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wished actor Shabana Azmi a quick recovery after she met with an accident.

"The news of @AzmiShabana ji's injury in an accident is distressing. I pray for her quick recovery," he wrote on Twitter.

20:22 January 18

Shabana Azmi shifted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai

Actor Shabana Azmi has been shifted to multi-speciality Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai from MGM hospital.

According to Raigad police, the actor was rushed to MGM Hospital in Navi Mumbai from the accident spot.

As per doctors, Shabana has suffered a head injury. There is also slight damage to her backbone.

17:05 January 18

Shabana Azmi injured in accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Veteran Actress Shabana Azmi shifted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai

Mumbai: Renowned Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi has been seriously injured a road accident near Khalapur on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the police said on Saturday.

As per preliminary information, her car, in which her husband and National Award-winning poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar was also travelling, dashed against a truck on the highway on the Mumbai-Pune lane around 4.15 p.m, according to a highway patrol policeman, Babasaheb Chemate.

The injured actress was brought out of the car, kept on the road briefly, and later rushed to the MGM Hospital at Kamothe in Navi Mumbai.

The 69-year old actress is undergoing treatment and tests to ascertain the extent of her injuries, official sources said.

It is not immediately clear whether Akhtar (75), who appeared badly shaken and helped to the roadside by a couple of persons, was also injured, but another unidentified woman is reportedly seriously injured.

Highway police patrol teams have rushed to investigate the accident site in which her car has been badly smashed.

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Shabana Azmi injured in accident on Mumbai-Pune Expressway
         Mumbai, Jan 18 (PTI) Actor Shabana Azmi was injured in
an accident on Saturday afternoon on the Mumbai-Pune
Expressway in Maharashtra's Raigad district, official said.
         The incident took place around 3.30 pm near Khalapur,
over 60 km from Mumbai, when the car in which she was
traveling rammed into a truck, said Raigad Superintendent of
Police Anil Paraskar.
         She was rushed to MGM hospital in Navi Mumbai and was
undergoing treatment, he said. PTI DC
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