Deshmukh hurt as stones thrown at his car in Nagpur
Former Maharashtra Home Minister and NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh was seriously injured after stones were hurled at his car in Nagpur district on Monday night, police said.
The incident occurred around 8 pm when Deshmukh was returning to Katol after attending a meeting in Narkhed village.
Some unidentified persons threw stones at Deshmukh's car near Belphata on the Jalalkheda Road near Katol. Deshmukh, who sustained injuries during the attack, was rushed to the Katol Civil Hospital, the police said.
Nagpur Rural SP, Harssh Poddar, confirmed the incident. He said senior officers were rushed to the spot. "An investigation has begun. The police are trying to identify those responsible for the attack," he said. The incident occurred on the last day of campaigning for the November 20 Assembly elections.
Condemning the incident, NCP (SP) spokesperson Vedprakash Arya sought a high-level inquiry and police protection for the former family's minister. "Some people attacked Deshmukh's car in Katol. He sustained serious head injury. He was shifted to Nagpur for treatment," Arya said. The opposition was staring at a defeat and thus resorted to such a cowardly attack, he claimed.
Deshmukh's son Salil Deshmukh is contesting from the Katol Assembly constituency on the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) ticket against BJP's Charansingh Thakur.
