Sukhbir Badal Attacker Arrested After Kirpan Attack in Nanded

A man named Jaspal Singh attacked a leader named Sukhbir Badal.

Mr Badal is the chief of a political party called the Akali Dal and he used to be the deputy chief minister of Punjab, a state in India.

The attack happened in a city called Nanded, in Maharashtra, at a very special Sikh place of worship called a gurudwara.

Mr Badal was leaving the gurudwara after praying when the man attacked him.

The man used a kirpan, a special knife that many Sikhs carry.

Mr Badal was hurt on his right hand and had to go to the hospital for surgery.

Police caught the attacker very quickly.

During the commotion, the man's turban fell off, and turbans are very important in the Sikh faith, so people first helped him put it back on before he was taken away.

The man told police he blamed Mr Badal for drugs in Punjab, but the police are still checking why he did it.