Sukhbir Singh Badal, the chief of the Shiromani Akali Dal, was released from a Nanded hospital on Friday following surgery for injuries sustained in a kirpan attack at a gurdwara. After the operation, which addressed a tendon injury and nerve damage, he traveled to Delhi. Authorities are currently probing the motive behind the assault by a gurdwara volunteer.

Former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked near Nanded Sahib gurdwara on Thursday. | India News

NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked near a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded on Thursday. Badal suffered hand injuries and his security…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inquired about Sukhbir Singh Badal's health. Badal was injured in a knife attack inside a gurdwara in Nanded. He was attacked with a kirpan by a…