Hours into probe, police yet to find motive behind Sukhbir Badal’s attack

Hou s
of
i te ogatio ,
motive
still
u clea

NEW
DELHI:

Shi oma i
Akali
Dal
(SAD)
p eside t

Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
was
attacked
ea
a
gu dwa a
i
Maha asht a’s
Na ded
o
Thu sday,
leavi g
him
with
i ju ies
to
his
ha d.
O e
of
his
secu ity
pe so el
also
sustai ed
i ju ies.Badal,
who
has
a
‘Z+’
secu ity
cove ,
was
i ju ed
afte
Jaspal
Si gh,
a
ma
believed
to
be
a ou d
60-62
yea s
old,
attacked
him
with
a
‘ki pa ’
(ce emo ial
dagge )
i side
a
gu dwa a.Despite
hou s
of
questio i g
by
multiple
age cies,
police
we e
yet
to
establish
a
clea
motive
fo
the
attack.Police
said
Jaspal
Si gh,
who
holds
deg ees
i
comme ce
a d
law
a d
is
a
eside t
of
Pu e,
was
take
to
the
Na ded
police
headqua te s
fo
questio i g.“Despite
lo g
hou s
of
i te ogatio ,
the
police
a e
yet
to
fi d
a
co c ete
easo
fo
the
attack.
So
fa ,
we
have
ot
fou d
a y
c imi al
li ks
o
a y
such
co ectio s
i volvi g
the
accused
i
this
case,”
a
official
was
quoted
as
sayi g
by
ews
age cy
PTI.

“We
a e
i te ogati g
the
accused,
a d
it
will
go
o
fo
a
lo g
time.
The
fo me
Pu jab
deputy
CM
Sukhbi
Si gh
Badal
is
fi e
a d
will
be
discha ged
soo ,”
he
added.The
A ti-Te o ism
Squad
(ATS)
a d
I tellige ce
Bu eau
(IB)
have
joi ed
the
local
police
i
the
i vestigatio ,
a
official
told
PTI.

Police
have
egiste ed
a
case
agai st
Si gh
at
Mudkhed
police
statio
i
Na ded
u de
Sectio s
109(1)
of
the
Bha atiya
Nyaya
Sa hita
(BNS),
pe tai i g
to
attempt
to
mu de ;
118(1),
elati g
to
volu ta ily
causi g
hu t
with
da ge ous
weapo s
o
mea s;
a d
121(2),
co ce i g
volu ta ily
causi g
g ievous
hu t
to
a
public
se va t
to
dete
them
f om
pe fo mi g
thei
duty.Si gh
had
bee
wo ki g
as
a
sewada ,
o
volu tee ,
at
Gu dwa a
Mata
Sahib
Deva
Ji
Mugat
fo
the
past
two
yea s
a d
was
livi g
alo e
i
Na ded,
police
said.Police
office
Sa tosh
Ke d e,
who
is
pa t
of
Badal’s
Special
P otectio
U it,
was
i ju ed
while
shieldi g
him
du i g
the
attack.
Badal
was
walki g
dow
a
flight
of
stai s
whe
Si gh
allegedly
attacked
him.