Prayers, walk to gurdwara langar hall, then strike: Blow-by-blow of ‘kirpan’ attack on SAD's Sukhbir Singh Badal
Badal arrived in Nanded for a three-day visit with wife Harsimrat Kaur and close associates. He was attacked at a gurdwara in Nanded by a Nihang, a day later.
Sukhbir Singh Badal, the president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and former deputy chief minister of Punjab, was attacked with a sharp weapon while visiting a gurdwara in Maharashtra's Nanded on Thursday. The assailant, identified as a Nihang Sikh, targeted Badal as he made his way to the langar hall. The attack occurred after Badal had offered prayers at Takht Nanded Sahib, one of the five temporal seats of Sikhism.
The injured politician was rushed to Yashosai Hospital and sustained a hand injury. The Nihang attacker, wearing traditional blue attire and believed to be in his sixties, was subsequently detained. This marks the second major attack on Sukhbir Badal within two years, following a near-fatal assassination attempt at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 4, 2024.
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