Mumbai, Jan. 8 -- Shiv Sena leader Haji Salim Qureshi, who was attacked with a knife while campaigning in Mumbai's Bandra, is out of danger, police said on Thursday.

According to Mumbai police, Qureshi was stabbed in Sant Dnyaneshwar Nagar of Bandra on Wednesday evening and suffered "some cut injuries" on his stomach.

The police are making efforts to identify the culprits and have taken legal action.

Qureshi is a Shiv Sena candidate, contesting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections from Ward No. 92 in Bandra.

Further details are awaited.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader Pramod Nana Bhangire on Wednesday alleged that stones were hurled at his car during an election campaign in a society near Shreeram Chowk in Maharashtra's...