NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was today injured when he slipped during morning walk at his residence here and has been taken to Mumbai by air ambulance.

New Delhi: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was today injured when he slipped during morning walk at his residence here and has been taken to Mumbai by air ambulance.

73-year-old Pawar suffered an injury in his leg and back and will be admitted to Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, sources said.

"Pawar sustained leg fracture at his Delhi residence. He insisted on being treated in Mumbai and was accordingly flown here today," NCP sources told PTI.

The air ambulance carrying Pawar landed in Mumbai at 11.15 am and he was taken straight to the Breach Candy Hospital where doctors will decide the next course of treatment after a thorough examination, the sources said.

NCP leaders Praful Patel and Chhagan Bhujbal were among those present at the hospital when the ambulance carrying Pawar reached around noon.

His wife Pratibha and daughter Supriya Sule are accompanying him.

Pawar slipped during his daily morning walk at his Janpath bungalow, they said, but did not elaborate further on his condition. Pawar, who left Congress and formed Nationalist Congress Party in 1999, is currently a member of Rajya Sabha.

He is a three-time chief minister of Maharashtra and a former Union Minister.

PTI