NEW DELHI, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Over 20 people have been injured after a tent collapsed at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in West Bengal state Monday, police said.
Fortunately, the Indian prime minister escaped unhurt from the mishap that took place in the eastern state's Midnapore district, a senior police official said.
"A canopy to prevent people attending the rally from getting drenched in rains, collapsed suddenly as some attempted to climb the supporting poles to get a glimpse of Modi," he said.
Modi's security personnel and local police immediately rushed all the injured to a nearby government hospital. Reports said his official ambulance was also used to ferry the injured.
Though it seemed that rains had weakened the canopy structure, a probe has been ordered into what's being billed as a "major security lapse," the official added.
