Maharashtra Elections: BJP Candidate's Sister Attacked With Knife On Last Day Of Campaigning

Adsad, the legislator from Dhamangaon Railway constituency, is seeking reelection from Dhamangaon Railway constituency in Maharashtra.

Adsad is the legislator from Dhamangaon Railway constituency.

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BJP MLA Pratap Adsad's sister was attacked with a knife by two persons in Maharashtra's Amravati district. The incident took place at around 8 pm on Monday, the last of campaigning for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections.

Adsad, the legislator from Dhamangaon Railway constituency, is seeking reelection from the seat. His sister Archana Rothe was going in a car and had stopped midway when two persons came from behind and attacked her at Satefal Fata, Amravati Rural Superintendent of Police Vishal Anand told PTI. She received three wounds on her left arm, the police officer said, adding that a police team reached the spot. A probe was on into the incident, he added.

Attack On Anil Deshmukh: Case Filed Against Four Men

The incident took place around the same time when former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was seriously injured in stone pelting at his car in Nagpur. Deshmukh was returning to Katol after attending a meeting in Narkhed village. Some unidentified people threw stones at his car near Belphata on Jalalkheda Road near Katol in Nagpur district.

The former minister, who received injuries during the attack, was immediately rushed to the Katol Civil Hospital, police said.

He was later admitted to a private hospital here. Police have registered a case against four unidentified persons on charges of attempt to murder and a forensic team visited the incident spot to collect technical evidence. NCP (SP) spokesperson Vedprakash Arya on Monday sought a high-level inquiry into it and police protection for Deshmukh's family.

"Some people attacked Anil Deshmukh's car in Belfata Bhishnur in Katol, wherein Deshmukh received a serious head injury. His treatment started in Katol but due to the serious injury, he was shifted to Nagpur for treatment," Arya said.

Anil Deshmukh's son Salil Deshmukh is contesting from the Katol assembly constituency.