A farmer was injured in a knife attack by an unidentified man in Sillod city in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district of Maharashtra on Monday, the police said, according to the PTI.

The farmer-cum-businessman, identified as Mahesh Shankarpelli, said that he did not know the culprit but claimed that he was attacked last month by supporters of Maharashtra cabinet minister Abdul Sattar, who belongs to Shiv Sena, the PTI reported on Monday.