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Assassination of Sidhu Moose Wala
Moose Wala's cremation on 31 May 2022
LocationJawaharke Village, Mansa, Punjab, India
Date29 May 2022; 2 years ago (2022-05-29)
5:30 p.m. (IST)
TargetSidhu Moose Wala
Attack type
Murder by drive-by shooting, assassination
Deaths1 (Sidhu Moose Wala)
Injured2
PerpetratorsUnconfirmed
AccusedLawrence Bishnoi
Goldy Brar

Indian musician Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in his car on 29 May 2022 in Jawaharke village of Mansa at age of 28. According to police, Lawrence Bishnoi's gang initially claimed responsibility for the murder in an unverified Facebook post, which Bishnoi denied making,[1] and he was being held by the Punjab Police as of June 2022 and was considered the "mastermind" of the murder by officials.[2][3]

Assassination

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According to police, at around 5:10 pm, Moose Wala left his house with his cousin Gurpreet Singh and neighbour Gurwinder Singh. Moose Wala was driving his black Mahindra Thar SUV to his aunt's house in Barnala.[4] At 5:30 pm when the SUV reached Jawaharke, two other cars intercepted and blocked it.[5] Thirty rounds were fired during the incident, which also injured two other men.[6] Moose Wala fired back at the attackers using his pistol. After the shootout, the attackers left the scene.[4] His father took Moose Wala to the civil hospital in Mansa, where he was declared dead.[7]

Moose Wala was among the 424 people whose police security was reduced or entirely removed the day before, in preparation for the anniversary of Operation Blue Star, leaving him with two commandos instead of the earlier four.[7][8] At the time of the incident, Moose Wala was travelling in his private car accompanied by two others instead of his bullet-proof vehicle with the commandos.[9][10] According to his friends, Moose Wala did not take his security along with him, as his Thar SUV could not accommodate five people.[4]

Aftermath

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According to police, the Bishnoi gang claimed they killed Moose Wala to avenge the murder of an Akali Youth leader, Vicky Middukhera, in 2021. Moose Wala's aide was purported by the Bishnoi gang of having a role in the killing of Middukhera, though there is no legal evidence to support this.[5] Canadian gangster of Punjabi origin Satinder Singh a.k.a. Goldy Brar claimed responsibility for the murder. Brar, a close associate of Bishnoi, claimed that his "Punjab module" carried out the shooting. Both Brar and Bishnoi have criminal cases against them in India. The Punjab Police later confirmed Bishnoi's involvement.[11][12][13]

Sidhu Moose Wala's parents and fans at his cremation

According to the police report, Moose Wala's father revealed that Moose Wala had been receiving death threats from gangsters for extortion purposes, a statement corroborated by singer Mika Singh.[14]

Two of the accused in the murder of Sidhu Moosewala were killed in a jail fight with gang rivals and a third accused in Moosewala’s murder was severely injured in the Goindwal Sahib Central Jail in Punjab's Tarn Taran district.[15]

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann condemned the murder. Calling Moose Wala "a cultural icon of Punjab", he expressed shock and grief about his death and condoled the aggrieved family.[16][17] Mann ordered an investigation into why Moose Wala's security was reduced by the Punjab Police two days prior.[5] He also announced the setting up of a judicial commission headed by a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to investigate the killing.[16] Numerous celebrities offered their condolences on social media.[18][19]

Police found bullets from an AN-94 Russian assault rifle and a pistol at the spot of the killing. Police had detained six suspects of the incident from the state of Uttarakhand.[5][20] On 30 May, one of the murder suspects was detained by the Punjab Police while he was hiding among the pilgrims of Gurudwara Shri Hemkund Sahib.[21]

On 30 May, the Delhi unit of the INC staged a protest near AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's residence holding the AAP-ruled Government of Punjab responsible for the incident, blaming their decision to curtail Moose Wala's security cover.[22][23]

Fans in tears at Moose Wala's funeral

His autopsy was carried out by five doctors, and the event was videographed. According to post mortem reports, Moose Wala received 19 bullet injuries, and he died within 15 minutes of being shot due to the wounds.[24]

Moose Wala was cremated in his ancestral village on 31 May. His last rites were performed on his farmland.[25][26]

On 3 June, Bishnoi allegedly admitted to being involved in the murder and that he had a rivalry with Moose Wala.[27][28] On 8 June, a bhog ceremony was arranged in Mansa.[29] On 3 July, Ankit Sirsa was arrested by Delhi police for being one of the shooters involved in the killing.[30] On 20 July, gangsters Manpreet Mannu and Jagrup Rupa, suspected of involvement in Moose Wala's killing, were gunned down by the Punjab Police.[31] On 26 July, India TV reported that Punjab Police arrested the last absconding shooter, Deepak Mundi.[32] However, The Indian Express reported that he was arrested on 11 September near the Bengal-Nepal border.[33]

Politics

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Before the Sangrur Lok Sabha by-election in 2022, the INC had used pictures of Moose Wala in its election song. The family of Moose Wala made a public appeal to political parties and individuals, asking them to not use his name for political or personal motives. The move was also criticised by the Aam Aadmi Party.[34]

References

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