India, Nov. 28 -- Senior Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) leader, Ram Khade, was brutally attacked during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday near Mandli village on the Ahmednagar-Beed border by a group of 10-15 unidentified assailants, police said.

Khade, a long-time NCP office-bearer, was travelling from Mandli towards Beed when the group of people intercepted his vehicle. The attackers first vandalised the car, smashing its side mirrors and pelting stones, before launching a violent assault with sharp weapons.

The incident happened when less than a week is left for the first round of local body polls in Maharashtra.

Police said Khade sustained multiple serious injuries, including deep cuts on his a...