New Delhi:

Defence minister Rajnath Singh was on Saturday discharged from AIIMS here, two days after he was admitted to the hospital with complaints of back pain, an official said on Saturday.

According to Dr Rima Dada, All India Institute Medical Sciences media cell in-charge, Rajnath Singh was evaluated and treated for back pain. The minister was discharged around 2 pm on Saturday, Dada said.

Rajnath Singh was admitted to the the hospital’s old private ward under the neurosurgery department early Thursday, she said.

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