Haryana Sports Minister Gaurav Gautam got stuck in a lift for a few minutes at the Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on Wednesday. A video of the incident went viral, in which the minister can be seen standing with at least eight other people in the lift.
Chandigarh: A VIP lift at the Haryana Secretariat malfunctioned, briefly trapping Haryana Minister Gaurav Gautam for around five minutes pic.twitter.com/8cms22Kxhq
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According to officials, the lift stopped working at 5 pm.
However, it started working again after five minutes, and everyone stepped out safely, officials added.
The reason behind the lift stopping is not yet known.
Many lift-related incidents have been reported across the country recently.
Last week, five people, including a two-year-old girl, were trapped inside a lift in a residential building in Maharashtra's Thane. They were rescued after 25 minutes. On Wednesday, a tragedy unfolded in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal after a man died of panic as his eight-year-old son was trapped inside the elevator due to a power cut. Within three minutes, the power was restored and the boy got out safely, but by then, his father had collapsed.
(With inputs from Ankur Kapoor)
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