The Punjabi singer had contested for the Punjab Assembly on a Congress ticket from Mansa but was defeated by Vijay Singla of the AAP.
Digital Desk: A sea of mourners said their final goodbyes to popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was cremated in his native village in Mansa district on Tuesday afternoon.
Mourners
followed the funeral procession despite the sweltering heat, while Moosewala's
father and mother stood on the tractor with folded hands, supporting their son
on his last voyage.
The singer's
body was taken for cremation after his post-mortem at Mansa Civil Hospital. As
per the post-mortem report, Sidhu was shot over two dozen times.
Moreover,
after the cremation, the singer's father, Balkaur Singh, removed his turban and
held it out in his hands towards a sea of people, in what many believed was a moving
gesture to show he has lost everything.
It
may be mentioned that Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moosewala, had been
following his son's SUV when some unidentified men shot the singer 30 times
from close range with an assault rifle on Sunday.
Notably, the
singer’s father, in a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann yesterday,
sought an investigation by a high court judge. He urged the Punjab government
to enlist the help of the CBI and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in
the investigation.
"Shubhdeep's
(Sidhu Moose Wala) mother is asking about her son, What
reply should I give?" Mr. Singh wrote the letter in which he expressed his
feelings. "I'm hoping to receive justice," he added.
The
Punjabi singer had contested for the Punjab Assembly on a Congress ticket from
Mansa but was defeated by Vijay Singla of the AAP.
Sidhu's
security was also reduced from four to two commandos the day before he was
killed. He didn't use his bulletproof vehicle on Sunday, and he also left his
two bodyguards at home.
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