Sidhu Moose Wala murder case: Bullets punctured lungs, liver; Bishnoi withdraws petition from Delhi HC

In a major development, the Punjab Police nabbed one of the suspects in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case in Dehradun. Manpreet Singh, a resident of Punjab's Dhaipei village, was apprehended together with five others in the Uttarakhand capital. 

The accused has been sent to five-day police custody. According to police sources, Manpreet offered logistical help to the perpetrators in the murder case by providing both of the automobiles used in the crime - a Corolla and a Bolero.

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Here are top updates regarading the Moose Wala murder:

1. The autopsy results of Sidhu Moose Wala indicated that the Punjabi musician was killed by two gunshots. During the tragic attack on Sidhu Moose Wala by unidentified attackers in Punjab's Mansa region on Sunday, bullets allegedly penetrated his lungs and liver, causing massive bleeding.

2. Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi withdraws his petition seeking protection from the Delhi High Court as he had apprehension of getting killed in a fake encounter by Punjab Police. He will now move to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana.

3. Sidhu Moose Wala was cremated on Tuesday in his native town of Moosa in Punjab's Mansa district. On Tuesday morning, his remains was transferred from Mansa Civil Hospital to his home, where a large throng came to pay their respects.

4. According to the preliminary post-mortem investigation, Moose Wala was hit by around 25 gunshots, and gunpowder was also discovered on his body. The amount of gunpowder on the singer's body showed that rounds were fired from a short distance and that the weapon was carried close to his body.

5. The Punjab government has appointed IPS Ishwar Singh as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Law and Order in the wake of the death of singer-turned-politician Sidhu Moose Wala. Officer Ishwar Singh has been asked to report to his new assignment immediately, according to a notification issued by the Department of Home Affairs and Justice.

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Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known as Sidhu Moosewala, was killed by unidentified shooters in Punjab's Mansa region on Sunday, barely a day after his protection was reduced. According to authorities, the musician, who ran for election in Punjab on a Congress ticket earlier this year, was shot 30 times with an automatic assault weapon.

Moosewala's family, including his parents, sat alongside the dead at their house, inconsolable. His mother was seen attempting to soothe her husband as people flocked from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Chandigarh, among other locations, to have a final look of the artist.

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Moosewala dressed up as a groom. When a young unmarried man dies in the state, a ceremony is performed. Moosewala's mother groomed his hair as his father wrapped a scarlet turban and a'sehra' on his head. The singer's favourite tractor, which had appeared in several of his music videos, was decorated with flowers for his final voyage to a family-owned field for cremation.