A police officer had his hand cut off as he tried to enforce the coronavirus lockdown in India.
Harjit Singh, an assistant sub inspector in the Punjab, was attacked with a sword on Sunday.
It happened when he and six colleagues, who were also attacked, stopped a car with seven people inside and asked for their travel passes.
He required eight hours of surgery to reattach his left hand, officials said today.
The men stopped in the vehicle belonged to a Sikh warrior sect called the Nihangs, CNN reports, and were armed.
One officer suffered sword wounds to his back in the attack, which happened outside a vegetable market.
State chief minister Amarinder Singh posted on Twitter : "I am happy to share that a 7 and a half hour long surgery has been successfully completed in PGI to repair the severed wrist of ASI Harjeet Singh.
"I thank the entire team of doctors and support staff for their painstaking effort. Wishing ASI Harjeet Singh a speedy recovery."
And he posted a voice message which fumed: "The police didn't even take out their arms and you attack them and cut off the hand of an innocent person?
"This cannot be tolerated and strict action will be taken ...Once more, I am telling all of Punjab, I am warning the people that strict action will be taken against those who don't follow the curfew."
Seven men were finally arrested after an hour-long operation.
A nationwide lockdown was put in place lasting until tomorrow, but Punjab was one of the first states to extend this.
So far there have been 11 deaths in the state linked to Covid-19.
