The man was drunk and pelted stones at the ashram and attacked the priest with knife. (Representational)
A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attacking a priest with a knife at an ashram in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place at the ashram located in Ramnagar locality of the city on Friday afternoon, senior inspector Sunil Shine of Srinagar police station said.
The accused who was in an inebriated state allegedly attacked the 63-year-old priest with a knife. The victim managed to escape unharmed, he said.
A man who was present in the ashram at the time intervened and snatched the knife from the accused, the official said.
The accused was drunk and pelted stones at the ashram. When the victim questioned him about it, he attacked him with a knife, he said.
A case under section 307 (attempt to murder) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the accused who has been arrested, the official said.
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