In a bizarre incident, five tourists were detained in Odisha after they overtook the convoy of Pratap Chandra Sarangi, the Minister of State (MoS) in the Union Government. The incident happened on NH16 and the pilot car of the convoy chased the tourists’ vehicles for a long distance.
Santosh Shaw, his wife, brother and two minor children were returning from Panchlingeswar in Balasore to Kolkata when the incident happened. Santosh says that he gave way to the convoy after hearing the siren and thinking that it must be an ambulance. However, after the convoy overtook them, Santosh realised that it must a minister’s convoy with a pilot car. After driving for some time, Santosh noticed that the minister’s car went off the road and…