Case Against Four After NCP Leader Anil Deshmukh Injured in Stone Pelting

GG News Bureau
Nagpur, 19th Nov. Police have filed a case against four unidentified individuals on charges of attempted murder after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was injured in a stone-pelting incident in Nagpur. The attack occurred on Monday evening when Deshmukh was returning from a meeting in Narkhed, en route to Katol.

Around 8 pm, stones were thrown at his car near Belphata on Jalalkheda Road in Nagpur district, resulting in serious injuries to the former minister. Deshmukh was rushed to Katol Civil Hospital before being transferred to a private hospital in Nagpur for further treatment.

The Nagpur Rural Superintendent of Police (SP), Harssh Poddar, confirmed that a case has been registered against four unidentified persons on charges of attempt to murder. A forensic team visited the scene to gather technical evidence. Senior police officials and the district collector also visited the spot.

NCP (SP) spokesperson Vedprakash Arya condemned the attack, calling it a cowardly act by political opponents who feared a crushing defeat in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. Arya demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident and called for police protection for Deshmukh’s family.

Deshmukh’s son, Salil Deshmukh, is contesting from the Katol assembly constituency as an NCP candidate against BJP’s Charansingh Thakur in the elections scheduled for November 20.