India, Aug. 13 -- The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday said party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was fine and in "high spirits" after a man in a 'Nihang' attire attacked him with a knife inside a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded.

Badal, the former deputy chief minister of Punjab, was attacked by the man around 1.45 pm with a kirpan (ceremonial dagger worn by Sikhs) when he was visiting the Gurdwara Mata Sahib Devan Ji Mugat, according to the Maharashtra Police.

Nanded SP Neelabh Rohan told PTI, "A Nihang (member of a martial order of Sikhs) attacked Badal with a kirpan inside the gurdwara." The assailant has been taken into custody.

Visuals showed Badal walking inside a building with a cloth wrapped around his right hand.

The SAD chie...