N Mariam Pitchai, AIADMK minister, killed in road accident

TIRUCHI: AIADMK minister N Mariam Pitchai (60) was killed in a road accident near Tiruchi on Monday morning.

The first time minister, holding environment portfolio, was rushing to Chennai to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the 14th legislative assembly representatives, scheduled for this afternoon. The mishap occurred near Padalur in Perambalur district on the Tiruchi-Chennai NH.

Police said his speeding car rammed into a truck moving in front of it, killing the minister on the spot and injuring his driver. State sports minister N R Sivapathy who was following him in another car was a witness to the tragedy.

Mariam Pitchai, a former Tiruchi urban district secretary of AIADMK and a corporation councilor, is survived by a daughter and three sons. A native of Sangiliandapuram in Tiruchi, Mariam Pitchai was a film distributor and also owned a theatre. He entered politics contesting in the 1988 local body polls. He unsuccessfully contested against DMK's heavy-weight and former minister K N Nehru in 2006 elections.

AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa chose him again in 2011 as the right person to challenge the might of Nehru in Tiruchi West segment.

A number of shocked AIADMK cadres gathered at the government hospital in Tiruchi where his body was brought.

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Tamil Nadu, the Minister of Environment and pollution and social minorities N Mariam Pitchai died in a traffic accident in Tiruvelangurichi, about 40 km from Tiruchirapalli, early Monday.

The Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare NR Sivapathy was also injured when the vehicle collided with another moving their convoy and are being held in Chennai, after garland statue Perumpidugumutharyar community leaders, police said.

The body of Pitchai, 60, was brought to Madurai.

Pithchai, who was the advisor to the company Tiruchi, won the Madurai West constituency defeating former Transport Minister KN Nehru in April elections to the Assembly 13.

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Mariam Pitchai: Tamil Nadu Minister for Environment and Pollution Control and Minorities Welfare N Mariam Pitchai died in a road accident in Tiruvelangurichi, about 40 km from Tiruchirappalli, early on Monday morning.
Minister for Sports and Youth welfare NR Sivapathy was also injured when their vehicle collided with another moving ahead of their convoy while they were proceeding to Chennai after garlanding the statue of community leader Perumpidugumutharyar, police said.
The body of Pitchai, aged 60, has been brought to Madurai.
Pithchai, who was the councillor of Tiruchi corporation, had won from the Madurai west constituency defeating former Transport Minister KN Nehru in the April 13 Assembly elections