LIVE: Gopinath Munde's body reaches Mumbai; funeral tomorrow

Union minister Gopinath Munde's liver was ruptured in the road accident and he suffered a cardiac arrest due to shock, as per preliminary postmortem report by a team of doctors at AIIMS here.

“His liver was ruptured which caused internal bleeding. Due to the sudden shock/impact, he then suffered cardiac arrest. None of the external wounds were fatal enough to cause death,” AIIMS sources said.

Munde's postmortem was conducted by a medical board at AIIMS after which his body was taken to BJP headquarters at 11 Ashoka Road.

At around 12:40 PM, an open army truck which had Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Harsh Vardha and Munde's family left the hospital followed by an ambulance carrying Munde's body.

Munde, who made his entry into the Union Cabinet for the first time last week, was on his way to the airport when his car was hit by another vehicle at Prithviraj Road-Tughlak road roundabout in the heart of the capital.

He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead around 7:50, said Gadkari.

Though Munde did not suffer any injuries, he apparently suffered a shock in the impact of accident.

Munde asked for water from his security guard Nair who was sitting in front of the car and told him to take him to the hospital.