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. The incident occurred as Deshmukh was returning to Katol after attending a meeting in Narkhed village. Police are investigating the attack, which occurred on the last day of campaigning for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections.

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

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Former Nationalist Congress Party (SP)’s home minister Anil Deshmukh was discharged from a private hospital a day after he was injured in a potentially fatal stone-pelting incident last night.