Pune: Senior Congress leader and Maharashtra Co-operatives Minister Harshvardhan Patil sustained an injury in his eye after some activists hurled ink at him at a public function here Friday, an aide said.

"Some activists belonging to the Dhangar community hurled ink at the minister when he was attending a function along with Health Minister Suresh Shetty to inaugurate a primary health centre in Bhigwan village," the aide told IANS.