AMRITSAR, April 5 -- Days after being released on bail in case of attacking Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal outside the Golden Temple, former militant Narain Singh Chaura on Friday attended the bhog ceremony of Babbar Khalsa's key exiled leader Mehal Singh Babbar who died in Pakistan.

The ceremony was held at Shaheedi Asthan Baba Gurbaksh Singh behind the Akal Takht.

Mehal Singh died due to kidney failure at a private hospital of Nankana Sahib on March 24, as per his family.

Chaura had allegedly fired at Sukhbir from close range on December 4 last year, while the latter was undergoing tankhah (religious punishment) awarded by Akal Takht for the "mistakes" committed by the SAD and its government...