Union Minister for Rural Development Gopinath Munde, who was on his way to Delhi airport, died Tuesday morning following a car accident. He was declared dead at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
6 a.m.: Munde starts from his house to reach the Indira Gandhi International Airport.
6.20 a.m.: Munde's Maruti Suzuki SX4 car hit by a Tata Indica at Aurobindo Marg in south Delhi, from the side where he was seated.
6.30 a.m.: Taken to the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre at AIIMS
6.35 a.m.: Munde's security personnel hand over the driver of the Tata Indica to Delhi Police
7.20 a.m.: The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader declared dead by AIIMS.
4 p.m.: Union cabinet to meet to condole his passing away.
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