Watch: When gunman tried to assassinate Sukhbir Badal at Golden Temple in 2024

O
Decembe
4,
2024,
Badal
was
attacked
i side
the
Golde
Temple
du i g
a
pe a ce
o de ed
by
the
Akal
Takht.

NEW
DELHI:
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal’s
Thu sday
attack
i
Na ded
ma ks
the
seco d
se ious
attempt
o
the
Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
leade ’s
life.
The
SAD
leade
was
also
attacked
two
yea s
ago
at
the
Golde
Temple
whe
a
gu ma
ope ed
fi e
at
him
while
Badal
was
se vi g
eligious
pu ishme t
at
the
sh i e.O
Decembe
4,
2024,
Badal
was
attacked
at
the
e t a ce
of
the
temple,
whe e
he
was
seated
i
a
wheelchai
because
of
his
f actu ed
leg,
du i g
a
pe a ce
o de ed
by
the
Akal
Takht.
Video
footage
f om
the
i cide t
shows
the
mome t
the
attacke
ove powe ed
him
withi
seco ds.

The
footage
showed
him
d essed
i
a
blue
sewada
u ifo m.
He
was
statio ed
at
the
temple
e t a ce
as
pa t
of
the
pu ishme t
p o ou ced
by
the
Akal
Takht
ove
alleged
misco duct
du i g
his
te u e
f om
2007
to
2017.As
Badal
sat
with
a
placa d
a ou d
his
eck,
a
ma
who
was
late
ide tified
as
Na aya
Si gh
Chau a
app oached
him
a d
ope ed
fi e.
The
attempt,
howeve ,
was
foiled
almost
immediately.I
the
clip,
ight
afte
the
gu ma
pulled
out
the
weapo ,
a
ale t
sewada ,
believed
to
be
a
volu tee
associated
with
a
Akali
leade ,
i te ve ed
a d
pushed
the
assaila t’s
a m
upwa d
as
he
attempted
to
fi e.
The
bullet
was
discha ged
ha mlessly
i to
the
ai ,
a d
the
attacke
was
quickly
ove powe ed
by
volu tee s
a d
othe s
p ese t
at
the
sce e.

Police
pe so el
statio ed
at
the
sh i e
also
moved
i
a d
app ehe ded
Chau a
o
the
spot.
Co fi mi g
the
swift
espo se,
ADCP
Ha pal
Si gh
said,
“No
o e
was
i ju ed
i
the
attack.”It
was
ot
lo g
afte
the
attempted
attack
that
othe
sewada s
p ese t
at
the
sce e
assembled
togethe
to
c eate
a
huma
shield
a ou d
Badal.

Despite
the
d amatic
shooti g
attempt,
Badal
emai ed
calm.Still
seated
i
his
wheelchai ,
he
co ti ued
pe fo mi g
his
duties
as
a
sewada ,
holdi g
a
spea
a d
stayi g
at
the
temple
e t a ce
afte
the
assaila t
had
bee
detai ed.I
a
sepa ate
clip,
the
shoote
could
be
see
bei g
ove powe ed
by
the
c owd.
The
people
holdi g
the
ma
ca
be
hea d
aski g
him
his
motive
fo
ope i g
fi e
o
the
SAD
leade .

The
eligious
pu ishme t
had
bee
a ou ced
o
Decembe
2,
2024,
by
Sikh
high
p iests
fo
Badal
a d
othe
Akali
leade s
i
co ectio
with
i cide ts
of
sac ilege
a d
the
pa do
g a ted
to
co t ove sial
De a
Sacha
Sauda
chief
Gu meet
Ram
Rahim.
The
ta khah
was
pa t
of
a
eco ciliatio
p ocess
led
by
Sikh
eligious
autho ities
to
add ess
lo g-sta di g
g ieva ces
withi
the
commu ity.

With
Wed esday’s
attack
o ce
agai
putti g
secu ity
a a geme ts
at
the
Golde
Temple
u de
sc uti y,
the
ea lie
fi i g
i cide t
has
etu ed
to
focus
as
a
emi de
that
this
was
ot
the
fi st
time
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
was
ta geted
while
pe fo mi g
eligious
se vice
at
Sikhism’s
holiest
sh i e.

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