# Harsimrat Kaur Badal seeks NIA probe into attack on Sukhbir Singh Badal 2026-08-16T14:27:17+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the August 13 attack on her husband and party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. The attack took place at Mata Sahib Gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded, where Badal was visiting. Times Now reports he was attacked with a 1.5-foot-long sharp weapon by a Nihang member, Jaspal Singh, who had been working as a sevadar at the gurdwara for two years. In her letter, Harsimrat said Badal suffered an injury to his right arm and that the consequences could have been fatal had a security personnel not intervened. She called the incident not isolated, pointing to a similar attempt on Badal's life on December 4, 2024, at Shri Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar. She said the two assassination attempts have 'disturbing parallels' and raise questions about a possible connection, also questioning how the Punjab government and police handled the first attack. Harsimrat urged the Centre to hand over the investigation to the NIA, citing the gravity and pattern of the incidents. The accused in the previous attack is still free, she said. Sukhbir Badal was discharged from a Nanded hospital and admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for surgery. The NIA has not yet announced a decision on the request. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - indiatvnews.com - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-16T14:50:48+00:00. Tags: Amit Shah, Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Nanded, NIA, Punjab Police, Sukhbir Singh Badal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/harsimrat-badal-seeks-nia-probe-into-attack-on-husband-sukhbir/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/harsimrat-badal-seeks-nia-probe-into-attack-on-husband-sukhbir/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/