Namdhari sect head Thakur Uday Singh was injured in an attack by a Sikh man at a gurdwara in Britain’s leicester city, with police on Monday describing the crime as an “isolated incident carried out by an individual perpretator”.
The attacker, a non-Namdhari Sikh, was arrested after the incident on Sunday and is currently in custody.
“Officers attended the scene where Sri Satguru Uday Singh Ji, the spiritual head of the Namdhari community worldwide, was found to have been assaulted,” a leicestershire Police statement said.
“A 26-year-old man was arrested at the scene and remains in police custody. At this time police believes it was an isolated incident carried out by a single perpetrator.”
Ranjit Singh, general secretary of the Namdhari Gurdwara on linden Street in leicester, said the leader had been discharged from hospital.