Mukherjee (71), tokoh nomor dua dalam kabinet Perdana Menteri Manmohan Singh, sedang dalam perjalanan kembali ke kota Kolkata di India timur, setelah pertemuan di kotakecil Berhampur, negara bagian Bengala Barat saat kecelakaan itu terjadi, kata mereka.
Mukherjee (71), the number two figure in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's cabinet, was returning to the eastern city of Kolkata after a meeting in Berhampur town in West Bengal state when the accident happened, they said.