India, Dec. 2 -- A girl, 4, was injured after being allegedly hit by a Mercedes car linked to MLA Dnyaneshwar Katke on the Pune-Ahilyanagar highway near Borhademala in Shirur taluka on Sunday.

The mishap occurred when Katke was returning from a local body election campaign event. According to eyewitnesses, the child was crossing the road with her father when she was struck by the vehicle. Such was the impact that she was reportedly flung several feet away and sustained facial fractures, broken teeth and deep injuries to her jaw and mouth. Local residents rushed her to a private hospital in Shirur which in turn referred her to Kem Hospital in Pune due to the severity of her injuries. Former MLA Ashok Pawar said that the girl was in an ext...