Amritsar/IBNS, March 14 -- At least five people were injured as a man attacked them with an iron rod at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, media reports said.

The police arrested the man and the situation was controlled, said reports.

People inside the temple complex overpowered the attacker and his aide before they were arrested.

The injured were shifted to a hospital.

According to the police, the accused conducted a recce of the area before the attack.

"The second accused allegedly conducted recce along with the one who attacked devotees," a police officer told reporters.

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