Akali Dal chief and former deputy chief minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday. According to the preliminary information, Badal was attacked on the outskirts of the city after he visited a gurudwara there.
Sources have told NDTV that Badal was attacked by a Nihang Sikh with a kirpan. The attacker has been taken into custody.
Badal has been rushed to a private hospital in Nanded after the attack. A security personnel deployed in Badal’s security was also injured in the attack.
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