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New Delhi, December 4, 2024: Former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal was today shot at from a close range in the Golden Temple at Amritsar.
A former terrorist was overpowered by plainclothes policemen when he opened fire at Badal from a close range while he was performing the duty of ‘sewadar’ outside the Golden Temple, media reports said.
The attack was captured on cameras of mediapersons who had gathered outside the Golden Temple to cover the second day of Badal’s penance for ‘mistakes’ committed by the SAD government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017.
When a Z+ protectee Badal was sitting in a wheelchair due to a fractured leg, the shooter went close to him, pulled out a gun from his pocket.
A police official in plainclothes standing near Badal quickly intervened and grabbed the attacker’s hands and as a result, the bullet went upwards. And Badal is escaped unhurt.
Police claimed the shooter is a former terrorist and has a criminal history. When he whipped out his weapon, the police official grabbed his hands and as a result, the bullet went upwards.
Badal is undergoing religious punishment announced by the Akal Takht. He continued his penance after the incident with a security ring thrown around him.
Holding a spear in one hand and dressed in blue ‘sewadar’ uniform, the SAD leader sat at the entrance of the Golden Temple. A small board hung around his neck, acknowledging his “misdeeds”.
Badal’s wife and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal reached the Golden Temple to meet her husband.
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and various leaders have strongly condemned the attack on Badal.
