New Delhi: Congress' UP General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi's cavalcade was involved in an accident on Thursday, as many as four cars collided with each other.


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The accident took place at Uttar Pradesh's Hapur Road while she was on enroute to Rampur to meet the family of farmer Navneet Singh, who had died when a tractor overturned on him during the Republic Day violence.


Fortunatley, no injuries have been reported in the incident and the cars have suffered minor damages.


Earlier, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Kr Lallu had said, "We have come to know that a farmer Navneet ji who came from Canada and was participating in protest peacefully, was shot at by Police and lost his life, during tractor rally. Priyanka Gandhi ji will meet his family at his residence in Rampur today." 


On Republic Day, as the protesting farmers held a tractor march, a group of farmers broke through police barricades and entered ITO. They clashed with the police.


In the ensuing violence, Navneet Singh died allegedly after his tractor overturned after ramming into a barricade.


Delhi Police had released CCTV footage showing the farmer`s tractor overturning after ramming into barricades at ITO.


(This is a developing story, more details are awaited)