Police have charged four unidentified individuals with attempted murder after Anil Deshmukh was injured in a stone-pelting incident in Nagpur.

Deshmukh, who sustained injuries during the attack, was immediately rushed to the Katol Civil Hospital from where he was later shifted to Alexis Hospital, police said.

Significantly, the incident occurred on the last day of campaigning for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections, wherein Deshmukh had gone to Narkhed to campaign for his son Salil Deshmukh.

Maharashtra's former home minister and NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh sustained head injuries as his car was stoned at Belphata while he was returning to Katol near Nagpur on Monday evening. Deshmukh (74) was taken to civil hospital in Katol for treatment and later shifted to Alexis Super Speciality hospital in Nagpur.

Deshmukh was travelling from Tinkheda Bishnoor Road to Katol after addressing a gathering in Narkhed village. The attack took place near Belphata on Katol-Jalalkheda Road.

Nagpur: Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) and Former Maharashtra Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday suffered injuries after his car was allegedly attacked with stones at his car on Katol Jalalkheda Road in Katol Assembly Constituency,

The windshield of the car was damaged in the attack and the stone pelting shattered one of the windows as pieces of glass were strewn all over the road

Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was injured in a stone-pelting incident while returning from a political meeting in Nagpur district. Th

A stone shattered the car’s window, hitting Deshmukh on the head and leaving him visibly injured. Visuals from the scene showed him bleeding, with shattered glass scattered inside the vehicle