 MUMBAI: A top leader of Indias opposition Hindu nationalist party who was shot and critically wounded by his brother at the weekend has improved slightly, a hospital spokesman said Sunday.
The condition of Pramod Mahajan has slightly improved but still remains quite critical and he is on life support measures in the Intensive Care Unit, Anupam Verma of Mumbais Hinduja Hospital told reporters. Mahajan showed signs of consciousness, such as moving of fingers, he added.
The 56-year-old Mahajan, a senior general secretary of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was shot early Saturday. According to police, Mahajans younger brother shot him in the abdomen three times following an early morning argument. He was rushed to hospital for emergency care, with specialists discussing a possible liver transplant. Doctors said in their latest update that three bullets lodged in Mahajans body could not be immediately removed because of massive blood loss. The bullets shattered the liver, the pancreas, the intestines, they said.
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A top leader of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) died on Wednesday, 11 days after his younger brother allegedly shot him over personal disputes, his party and hospital authorities said. Pramod Mahajan, a former federal telecommunications minister and high-profile general secretary of the Hindu nationalist party, was shot at his home in the financial capital of Mumbai on April 22. "He finally succumbed to the bullet injuries," said Anupam Verma, spokesman of Hinduja Hospital.
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