Hours after Salman Rushdie was brutally stabbed at Chautauqua Institution in the United States, the novelist's agent Andrew Wylie informed that he is still in a critical state.
As he passed by Haleguddadahalli, his bike touched another bike. The bike rider, identified as Shahid Pasha, picked up an argument with Chandru. The arguments took an ugly turn when the accused attacked Chandru with a knife.