A 24-year-old Indian scholar has been stabbed within the US state of Indiana and is alleged to be in a important situation, in line with a media report.

Varun was stabbed with a knife into the temple by the assailant Jordan Andrad, 24, at a public health club within the Valparaiso metropolis of Indiana on Sunday morning for causes that the authorities are nonetheless investigating, reported NWIU Times.

Following the incident, the attacker was arrested and is dealing with costs of aggravated battery with a lethal weapon and tried homicide.

“Varun was attacked with a knife by his attacker. He was ultimately taken to a Fort Wayne hospital due to the severity of his injury and was reportedly given a zero to five per cent chance of survival. Varun’s condition is said to be serious after the violent attack,” the report said. The attacker Andrade told the police that he had requested a massage that morning and walked into the massage room to find the other man, whom he did not know but found “a bit bizarre.”

Determining the other man posed a threat, Andrade said he made sure to react the “proper approach,” according to a charging document. “Andrade then described (the person) as a risk to him so he, ‘simply reacted,'” police stated.