India, Aug. 14 -- Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, who was injured in a 'kirpan' attack inside a gurdwara, underwent surgery that lasted for about 90 minutes and is now stable, doctors treating him said on Friday.

The former Punjab deputy chief minister will be discharged today and is likely to be flown to Punjab in the afternoon, an official said.

Badal was attacked by a member of the Nihang order inside the Gurdwara Mata Sahib Devan Ji Mugat on the outskirts of Maharashtra's Nanded town on Thursday, according to the police.

Visuals showed Badal, who escaped an attempt on his life at the Golden Temple entrance in December 2024, walking inside a hospital building with a cloth wrapped around his right hand.

He was rushed ...