India: Assailant held after failed shooting of Sikh leader

Sikh leader Sukhbir Singh Badal was sitting outside his religion’s holiest temple in Amritsar when a man tried to kill him. No motive for the crime has yet been determined.
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Sikh leader Sukhbir Singh Badal was sitting outside his religion’s holiest temple in Amritsar when a man tried to kill him. No motive for the crime has yet been determined.

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A gunman was arrested in the Indian city of Amritsar on Wednesday after failing to assassinate leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the religion’s holiest shrine.

“Security of Sukhbir Singh Badal has been tightened. The assailant is in police custody and investigation is in process,” senior Punjab state police officer Harpal Singh said in a press briefing.

He added that the attacker had fired a single shot at the politician but missed, hitting a marble pillar at the Harmandir Sahib, or Golden Temple, instead.

The 62-year-old Badal was sitting outside the temple holding a spear as an act of contrition imposed by other Sikh leaders for mishandling state affairs during his time as deputy chief minister of Punjab.

The shooter has been identified as Narain Singh, 68. In video footage shared on local media, Singh can be seen approaching Badal on the steps of the temple and firing a stray shot before being pushed down and apprehended by plainclothes police officers.

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