Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead in broad daylight
Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala has been shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district.
FollowPunjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala was on Sunday shot dead by unknown assailants in Punjab's Mansa district.
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According to reports, around 30 rounds were fired at the Moose Wala's jeep. At least three weapons are believed to have been used in the crime. The 29-year-old singer was rushed to the civil hospital in Mansa but was declared brought dead to the hospital. Two others who were travelling in a jeep with him were referred to a higher institute after being given initial treatment.
Moose Wala was one among the 424 people whose security cover was withdrawn by the Punjab government on Friday.
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Lawrence Bishnoi gang involved?
Punjab Director General of Police V K Bhawra revealed that prima facie it appeared that Moose Wala's killing was the fallout of inter-gang rivalry and that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was involved in it. While informing that a Special Investigation Team will be set up to investigate the killing, the state police chief said Moose Wala's security cover was scaled down to free personnel for deployment during the Operation Bluestar anniversary next month.
Two of the four Punjab police commandos deployed with Moosewala had been withdrawn following the government order. Those two commandos were not accompanying the singer when the shooting happened.
Political Reaction to Killing
Sidhu Moose Wala had contested the 2022 Punjab assembly election on a Congress ticket from Mansa. He, however, lost to AAP candidate Vijay Singla by a huge margin of 63,000 votes. To note, Singla was recently sacked by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over charges of corruption. Just last month, Moose Wala had taken a swipe at the AAP and its cadre and termed them as traitors in his song 'Scapegoat'.
The Congress party expressed shock at the killing. Senior party leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "Deeply shocked at the broad daylight murder of Sidhu Moose Wala. Punjab & Punjabis across the world have lost a talented artist with mass connect, who could feel people’s pulse. My heartfelt condolences to his loved ones and fans across the world."
The Bharatiya Janata Party held Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and party leader Raghav Chadha for the brutal killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala and accused them of running the Bhagwant Mann government in remote control mode from Delhi.
BJP spokesman Sambit Patra said, "The list of people whose security has been withdrawn should remain confidential. We have not seen a situation where people's security is withdrawn and the names of these people were published. It was an invitation to the killers that we have withdrawn the security, you can go ahead and attack."
