The 28-year-old was shot at point blank range and was declared brought dead on arrival at the Civil Hospital in Mansa. “Three people were brought to the hospital, out of which Sidhu Moose Wala died. After giving first aid, both the injured have been referred to a higher institution for further treatment,” said Dr Ranjit Rai, Civil Surgeon of Mansa Hospital.
The attack on Moose Wala came just after the Punjab government withdrew the security provided to 424 people, including the singer. He was provided with four armed security personnel from the India Reserve Battalion of the Punjab Police. Two of these security personnel have been removed.
Driving a Mahindra Thar, Sidhu Moose Wala along with his two accomplices – Gurvinder Singh (neighbor) and Gurpreet Singh (cousin) had left his residence in Moosa village at around 4.30 pm. He did not take his two security personnel with him and did not travel in his Toyota Fortuner, which he had converted into a bullet-proof vehicle due to this life-threatening situation.
Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead: CCTV footage shows singer-politician’s car moments before the attack
Punjab DGP VK Bhavra said the killing of Moose Wala appeared to be a case of an inter-gang rivalry between the Lawrence Bishnoi and Lucky Patial groups. The name of singer’s manager Shaganpreet had cropped up in the murder of Youth Akali Dal (YAD) leader Vikramjit Singh alias Vicky Middukheda in Mohali in August last year. Shaganpreet later fled to Australia.
DGP Bhavra said Moose Wala was shot dead by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in reaction to the killing of Middukheda and that they had claimed responsibility for the singer’s killing from Canada on social media.
Mansa Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gaurav Tora said Canadian gangster Goldie Brar had claimed responsibility for Moose Wala’s murder in a Facebook post.
The SSP said that three vehicles were suspected to have been used by the killers as around 5.30 pm the killers stopped Moose Wala with a gray Mahindra Scorpio and a white Bolero from the front and a white Toyota Corolla from the rear. It is being told that the killers fired about 30 rounds. mooseWhich the locals found dropped on the driver’s seat.
The DGP said, “Around 30 empty cases were recovered from different bores, including 7.62 mm, 9 mm and 0.30 mm, which shows that three weapons of different bores were used in this incident.” ”
Appealing for peace, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann tweeted, “Shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific murder of Sidhu Moose Wala. No one involved in this will be spared. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and his fans around the world. I appeal to everyone to remain calm.” AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also urged people to maintain peace and calm and said that the guilty would be punished severely.
On the instructions of the Chief Minister, DGP Bhawra has directed IG Bathinda Range Pradeep Yadav to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the murder. SIT includes Mansa SP investigation Dharamveer Singh, Bathinda DSP investigation Vishwajit Singh and Mansa CIA in-charge Prithvipal Singh. “IG has reached Bathinda range and is camping there. Apart from Mansa SSP Gaurav Tora, Bathinda SSP J Elanchejian has also reached there. Operation is being carried out in the entire area and ADGP Law and Order has mobilized necessary additional force. We are trying our best to resolve the matter at the earliest,” the DGP said.
The killing sparked outrage in Punjab as opposition parties accused the AAP government of making a list of 424 security personnel from whom the state police had withdrawn security, knowing that it was endangering the lives of these security personnel. can put.
“The singer was assigned four commandos of Punjab Police for security and due to the anniversary arrangements of Ghallughara (Operation Blue Star), two commandos were withdrawn from his security. This exercise is done every year to undermine the security of various security guards,” explained the Punjab Police Chief.
Sidhu Moose Wala massacre: Police say at least 3 weapons were used in the attack
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