Bengaluru: Three persons suffered  injuries when Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde’s motorcade met with a minor accident around 5 pm near Savakahalli Gate on the outskirts of Bengaluru yesterday.

The Minister was travelling from Tumakuru to Devanahalli Airport here.

Police said that the Minister’s escort vehicle slowed down when a monkey crossed the road, when an Innova car which was following the Minister’s convoy hit one of the escort vehicles resulting in injuries to three persons.

The Police have booked a case of negligent driving against the driver of the Innova car.