Providential escape for Sukhbir Badal from gunfire in Golden Temple
Providential escape for Sukhbir Badal from gunfire in Golden Temple 
It comes as a disgraceful news that even a place of worship is not spared.
It so happened on Wednesday, that Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Sukhbir Singh Badal while amidst performing duty as a sevadar was shot at by a man at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
The incident captured on CCTV has gone viral on social media.
The man who opened fire on the leader was overpowered and arrested by the Punjab Police.
The open assaut is a massive security breach at Golden Temple. This proves that even a place of worship is not spared.
Badal was seated in a wheelchair when the attack occurred and he escaped unhurt since the bullet hit a wall.
As per media reports, the man has been identified as Narayan Singh Chaura, who was overpowered by some people standing outside the Golden Temple. The video shows a man approaching the area where Sukhbir Singh Badal was seated. He pulls out a pistol and shoots at Sukhbir Badal before being overpowered by the SAD leaders and other security persons.
ADCP Harpal Singh asserted, “Security arrangements were proper. The person (shooter) tried to do some mischief but he could not succeed.
This is a big conspiracy to push Punjab back into the fire.
Media reports further reveal that the assailant Chaura had crossed over to Pakistan in 1984 and was instrumental in smuggling large consignments of weapons and explosives into Punjab.
The report further mentions that in Pakistan, Chaura authored a book on guerrilla warfare and “seditious” literature. He was also accused in the Burail jailbreak case. He has already served a jail term in Punjab.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring hit out at AAP’s Bhagwant Singh Mann-led Punjab Government and said, this is very wrong. This should not have happened. He considers firing at Sukhbir Singh Badal, 100% negligence of the Government…This shows the condition of law and order situation in Punjab.”
“Whoever fired bullets should be given the strictest punishment. There might be hatred for Sukhbir Badal in the minds of Sikhs…but it doesn’t mean you will shoot him.
Sukhbir Badal is
serving punishment outside Golden Temple.
On Monday, Sikh clergy issued the ‘tankhah’ (religious punishment) for Sukhbir Singh Badal, the Shiromani Akali Dal leader, for mistakes made during the SAD government’s rule in Punjab from 2007 to 2017. As part of the punishment, Badal was directed to serve as a ‘sewadar’ (volunteer) at the Golden Temple, washing dishes and cleaning shoes.
Sukhbir Badal began his penance on Tuesday, performing his duties outside the Golden Temple for an hour.
On Wednesday, he continued his punishment in a blue ‘sewadar’ uniform, sitting in a wheelchair and holding a spear. Small boards hung around his neck acknowledged his “misdeeds.”
The punishment follows Sukhbir Badal’s admission of mistakes, including pardoning Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a 2007 blasphemy case. The ‘tankhah’ was issued nearly three months after Sukhbir Badal was declared ‘tankhaiya’ (guilty of religious misconduct) by the Akal Takht.
News Edit KV Raman
