Akali Dal chief and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked in Maharashtra's Nanded on Thursday, police said.
Badal was attacked near a gurudwara and has been hospitalised, police said.
A viral video showed Badal walking inside a building with a cloth wrapped around his right hand.
Earlier in the day, Badal had visited the Takht Sri Hazur Sahib in Nanded along with wife Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who is an Akali Dal MP.
