Mumbai: In a shocking incident, Shiva Sena parliamentarian Omraje Nimbalkar was stabbed during a Maharashtra Assembly election campaign rally on Wednesday, October 16.
According to police sources, the incident took place while Nimbalkar was addressing the gathering and a group of men came to shake hands with him.
The sources added that, while they were pretending to shake the MP’s hand, they attacked him with a knife and fled immediately. It is learnt that Nimbalkar was able to escape a major injury because of his wrist watch.
It can be recalled that Pawanraje Nimbalkar, father of Omraje and a former Congress parliamentarian, was shot dead while in his car on June 3, 2006.
