Singer Sidhu Moosewala was cremated on Tuesday in his ancestral village at Moosa in Punjab’s Mansa district as thousands gathered to bid tearful adieu. The singer’s body was carried in his favourite ‘HMT 591’ tractor for his final rites after Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh had requested for his son’s body to be cremated at the agricultural plot that Moosewala had bought. Earlier, in a bid to disperse a huge crowd gathered for the cremation of singer-politician Sidhu Moose Wala, the Punjab Police resorted to lathi-charge. Moosewala’s blatant killing has led to a furore among his family members and fans. Accompanied by some relatives, Moosewala’s father received his son’s body from Mansa Civil hospital, where it was kept for post-mortem, around 8:15 am.
After Moose Wala’s body was brought from the mortuary of the Civil Hospital in Mansa to his home, his fans shouted slogans against the Punjab government and the police, demanding death for his murderers. A heavy police force has been deployed outside the residence of the slain Punjabi singer, who was shot dead in broad daylight on Sunday.
Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala was cremated at his native village Moosa in Punjab's Mansa district.
Punjab | Last rites of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala performed at his native village Moosa in Mansa district.
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2022
He was shot dead on May 29th. pic.twitter.com/g7w5sns1C7
Thousands of fans attend Moosewala's funeral procession
#WATCH | A huge crowd joins the funeral procession of singer Sidhu Moose Wala in Punjab's Mansa.
— ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2022
The last rites of the singer will be performed today. pic.twitter.com/LHkvjrUyVz
Sidhu Moose Wala's murder symbolic of AAP's misgovernance in Punjab, BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi told news agency ANI while Union Minister Som Parkash calls singer's death as failure of Punjab govt.
Sidhu Moosewala's parents bid goodbye to the late singer at his residence in Mansa.
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Moosewala's body is being carried in his favourite tractor with his picture in front of the 'HMT 5911' tractor.
Fans have turned up in large numbers in front of Moosewala's house in order to pay their final respects. Cremation is delayed as it will likely to be held at 2 pm.
Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi lashed out at the Punjab Government over Moosewala's killing.
Deeply saddened over the tragic murder of Sidhu Moosewala. He enhanced the prestige of our mother language, Punjabi, across the globe. To me he was not a singer or a politician, but a dear friend. This is not the BADLAV people of Punjab wanted. pic.twitter.com/NamP3t4Py3
— Charanjit Singh Channi (@CHARANJITCHANNI) May 29, 2022
Citing immediate threat to his life from police encounter, Lawrence Bishnoi, the leader of the gang which has claimed responsibility for Moosewala's killing, had approached the Delhi Court asking for increased security. Bishnoi is currently in Delhi's Tihar Jail in connection with an organized crime case.
On Monday, Punjab High Court asked the State Government for a detailed report on the number of at-risk individuals whose security was reduced or withdrawn, the reason behind the decision, and why the information, that they lost their security, got leaked.
On Monday, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann requested the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court to direct a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate Moose Wala's killing, moments after the singer-politician's father Balkaur Singh wrote to the CM, the Chief Minister's Office in a press release.
Blaming the Punjab government's failure to protect Moosewala, supporters raised slogans against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP government. They demanded death penalty for the culprits involved in his murder.
Sidhu Moosewala's last rites to be held today, cremation to take place at 12 noon in his ancestral village Moosa in Mansa district.
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Mansa district, a day after the state government curtailed his security cover. His cousin and a friend, who were travelling in a Mahindra Thar jeep with him, were also injured in the attack.
The 28-year-old Punjabi singer had fought the recent assembly election in Punjab on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by the AAP’s Vijay Singla. Moosewala was among the 424 people whose security was withdrawn or curtailed by the Punjab Police on Saturday on a temporary basis.