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Sukhbir Badal Attacked by Nihang With Kirpan at Nanded Gurdwara
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked with a kirpan by a Nihang Sikh at Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur in Nanded, Maharashtra, on Thursday. Badal, who was on his way…
The Story in Brief
Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked with a kirpan by a Nihang Sikh at Gurdwara Mata Sahib Kaur in Nanded, Maharashtra, on Thursday. Badal, who was on his way to the langar hall, suffered an injury to his right hand and was taken to a private hospital where he received stitches. The attacker, dressed in blue Nihang attire and reportedly in his mid-sixties, was detained.
Badal is recovering and in 'high spirits', according to party spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler. The attack comes 10 months after an assassination attempt outside the Golden Temple in Amritsar. Nanded police are investigating the motive.
The Indian Opinion
This is the second attack on Sukhbir Badal in under a year, yet the response from all sides is predictable outrage. Some will frame it as a conspiracy against Sikh political figures, others as a security lapse. Neither helps. The attacker was a Nihang in his sixties, detained promptly. The only question that matters: was he acting alone or was there a wider plot? The police investigation must answer that, not party slogans.
Sources (5): ndtv.com, ndtv.com (2), dnaindia.com, hindustantimes.com, timesnownews.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
