Mangaluru: In a humanitarian incident, Minister for food and civil supplies U T Khader helped the Shabarimala devotees to get out of the car which had caught fire due to technical fault on Friday at Nantoor.

Responding to media regarding the incident Minsiter Khader said that while he was returning back from airport to his home he saw a car burning.

“Immediately I stopped my car ran to douse the fire. Some passengers from Hubballi who were returning from Shabarimala were there in the car,” he said.