Ink was thrown on an independent lawmaker from India-held Kashmir, Engineer Rashid, by a mob in New Delhi on Monday, when he was on a visit to Delhi Press Club.
Rashid was attacked over his stance on the beef ban issue.
“People talk of Talibanisation of Pakistan, look what is happening in India… They are mentally ill. 80,000 people have died in Kashmir, putting ink on one Engineer Rashid will not change anything,” Mr Rashid said after three unidentified men attacked him with ink at the New Delhi press club.
On Thursday Rashid had been beaten up by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in the IoK Assembly a day after he had reportedly hosted a ‘beef party’.
A spokesman for India’s opposition Congress Party condemned the incident and said it was unacceptable.