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Maharashtra: NCP MP Supriya Sule's saree catches fire at event in Pune; no injuries

PUNE: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule's saree accidentally caught fire during an event in Maharashtra's Pune on Sunday. In a statement, the Baramati MP later said that she is safe and there was no reason to worry.

Sule was at an event in Hinjawadi to inaugurate a karate competition, when her saree caught fire while she was garlanding a small statute of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

A video of the incident shows the NCP leader's saree accidentally touching a lamp kept on a table while she garlanded the statute.

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