Man tries to shoot Sukhbir Badal at Amritsar’s Golden Temple, arrested
Police arrested a man who allegedly was attempting to shoot SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at Golden Temple in Punjab’s Amritsar on Wednesday.
Bullets were fired on Wednesday at Golden Temple premises in Punjab’s Amritsar where Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leaders, including party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, are offering ‘seva’ under the religious punishments pronounced for them by Sri Akal Takht Sahib.
Police arrested the man who allegedly was attempting to shoot SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal.
He was also roaming near Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday at the same place in white kurta-pyjama.
At the time of the incident, Narain Singh Chaura was standing close to Sukhbir Singh Badal. When opened fire at Sukhbir Badal, a ‘sewadar’ standing nearby pushed his hand toward upside, saving the SAD leader.
Chaura is said to be the mastermind o Burail jail break of 2004. Chaura had helped the pro-Khalistani outfit Babbar Khalsa International terrorists Jagtar Singh Hawara, Paramjit Singh Bheora along with their two accomplices Jagtar Singh Tara and Devi Singh for escaping from the Burail jail. He had turned off the electricity supply of the jail.
“SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal was sitting by the Guru Ram Das Dwar as ‘Chowkidar’. Bullet was fired in his direction…I thank Guru Nanak that he saved his ‘sevak’…This is a huge incident, what era is Punjab being pushed into?” SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema.
He attacked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government and said, “I would like to ask the CM of Punjab [Bhagwant Mann], where do you want to take Punjab?…The attacker was caught on the spot. I also thank the security personnel here. Had they not acted promptly…There should be a high-level judicial enquiry into the incident…We will continue with our ‘seva’…”
