Popular Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Mansa district, Punjab, on Sunday.
The shocking and gruesome murder of famous Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala on Sunday has brought Goldy Brar, a Canada based gangster, into focus after he claimed responsibility for the famous rap artist's murder on a social media post. And now reports suggest that another popular singer Mankirt Aulakh could be the gangster's next target.
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Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Mansa district a day after the state government curtailed his security cover. The singer's cousin and a friend, who were travelling in a Mahindra Thar jeep with him, were also injured in the attack.
Meanwhile, Goldy Brar, who has claimed responsibility for the murder, is a close aide of gang leader Lawrence Bishnoi, a former president of Student Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU). Bishnoi, who is at present jailed in Rajasthan, is the main suspect in the singer's murder. Lawrence Bishnoi's lawyer denied his involvement and questioned: "How can such a huge murder conspiracy be planned from jail?"
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Now, it has been feared that another prominent Punjabi singer Mankirt Aulakh is suspected to be on the Canadian thug Goldy Brar's hitlist. Reports suggest Aulakh had received threats from the Davinder Bambiha gang in April, following which the singer had asked to increase his security cover.
Fans of the Punjabi singer expressed their worry after Aulakh received chilling threats in a Facebook post. In the post, the Davinder Bambiha gang accused Aulakh of his alleged association with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. The Punjabi singer was also accused of being no less than a gangster in the post.
Aulakh is said to have considered this post as a serious threat to his life and reportedly sought tighter security from Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann. Reports add that Punjab Police is likely to question Aulakh in the case as the sleuths are exploring links to various gangsters and their cohorts.
Goldy Brar, or Satinder Singh, is involved in multiple criminal cases. A court in Faridpur had earlier this month issued an open-ended non-bailable arrest warrant against Goldy Brar in connection with the killing of a Congress worker, Gurlal Singh Pehalwan.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has promised to capture the murderer of Moose Wala, who was reportedly shot over 30 times by around eight to 10 attackers. According to reports, bullets found at the spot of the killing indicate AN 94 Russian assault rifle was also used in the attack. The police have also found a pistol.
Sidhu Moose Wala's father Balkaur Singh has also written to the Chief Minister demanding a CBI and a National Investigation Agency investigation (NIA) into his son's murder.