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Minister's son, woman attempt suicide

Special Correspondent

JAIPUR: The Bharatiya Janata Party Government in Rajasthan was in for some embarrassment when the son of Minister of State for Health Bhawani Joshi was admitted on Tuesday night to a hospital in Banswara after a suspected joint suicide attempt along with a married woman. Both were later shifted to the Maharana Bhupal Hospital in Udaipur and were said to be out of danger.

Reports said Bharat was being taken to Jaipur for better medical care.

Though the family members of the Minister, known for his Sangh ideology, tried to play down the incident, records at the Mahatma Gandhi General Hospital in southwest Rajasthan's Banswara town confirmed the couple's admission to the intensive care unit with suspected "poisoning".

The woman was mentioned as "wife" of Bharat Joshi, the younger son of Bhawani Joshi.

Bharat, adopted by Bhawani Joshi's hotelier elder brother Vasudev Joshi, got married only a year back. The woman, whose husband used to work in Kuwait till two months back, lives in Kansarwada in Banswara town, about half a kilometers from the Joshi residence in Bavsarwada locality.

Initially the irate family members of the woman had created a scene in the Banswara hospital when the authorities tried to put both the patients in one ambulance for Udaipur. However doctors who pointed out the medical emergency situation involved, could prevail over them.

The Minister said he was distressed over the incident and did not want to comment. His brother Vasudev Joshi alleged a conspiracy by certain people to defame the family.

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