SAD's Harsimrat Shows Weapon Used in Nanded Attack on Sukhbir Singh Badal, Stitches on His Arm
Harsimrat Kaur Badal urged a National Investigation Agency probe, saying the attacks at sacred gurdwaras may be linked and could involve extremist or foreign ties.
- On Sunday, Shiromani Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a National Investigation Agency probe into the August 13 assassination attempt on her husband, party president Sukhbir Singh Badal.
- Badal sustained injuries to his right hand during a 'kirpan' attack by a member of the Nihang order inside a gurdwara near Nanded on Thursday. He was discharged Friday and admitted to Medanta Hospital for surgery.
- Harsimrat alleges the August 13 incident shares "several disturbing parallels" with a December 2024 assassination attempt at the Golden Temple, questioning the Punjab Police's handling of the earlier case and citing alleged security lapses.
- Citing a "politicised police establishment in the state," Harsimrat argued that extremist networks or foreign-backed organizations necessitate independent investigation, stating the attacks threaten the sanctity of "Guru Ghars" and concern all devout Sikhs.
- The request for a high-level probe aims to determine if the incidents are connected by a "larger conspiracy," examining potential failure, complicity, or deliberate dereliction of duty by public officials in Punjab.
15 Articles
15 Articles
Harsimrat Kaur Demands NIA Probe into Attack on Sukhbir Badal, Writes to Amit Shah
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Days after a dagger attack on Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal at a Gurudwara in Maharashtra's Nanded, his wife and party MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation into the incident and into an earlier attack in December 2024. India News | Harsimrat Kaur Demands NIA Probe into Att…
Harsimrat Kaur seeks NIA probe into attacks on Sukhbir Singh Badal, writes to Amit Shah
In a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah, the Bathinda MP said only an independent central investigation can establish the full chain of events, identify the individuals and organisations involved, examine any possible extremist or foreign links and whether there was any failure or deliberate dereliction on the part of police in preventing the two attacks.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal writes to Amit Shah, seeks NIA probe into attack on Sukhbir Singh Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal was attacked with a dagger inside a gurudwara premises in Maharashtra's Nanded, despite having Z-plus security cover. He suffered a wound of around four to five centimetres on his right forearm.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 62% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
