Congress leader and popular Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead near Mansa on Sunday, May 29, following the withdrawal of police security.
The Punjab Police had ordered the withdrawal of security for 424 persons, including MLAs, religious leaders, dera heads and retired police officers in preparation for the anniversary of Operation Blue Star.
According to the Police, Moosewala, 28, was shot while driving his SUV in Jawaharke village of Mansa district with two others by unidentified assailants and was brought dead at the Mansa Civil Hospital.
Punjab Director General of Police Viresh Kumar Bhawra said, “Moosewala left his house in Moosa village at 4.30 pm. Around 5.30 pm, he was driving his jeep, accompanied by two persons, when two vehicles that had been following him intercepted his vehicle and fired at him.
DGP Bhawra said the killing “appears to be the result of inter-gang rivalry as Moosewala’s manager Shagunpreet Singh’s name had surfaced in the Vicky Middukhera murder case.”
Investigations are ongoing to bring the culprit to justice.
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu famed as Sidhu Moosewala was an Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician.
Moosewala comes from the village of Moosa in the Mansa district of Punjab, India.
He was born on June 11, 1993, in Mansa, India to Bhola Singh and Charan Kaur.
Moosewala studied at Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana and graduated in Electrical Engineering in 2016.
After graduation, Moosewala relocated to Brampton, Ontario, Canada and released his first song “G Wagon” there.
In 2018, he released his debut album PBX 1, which peaked at 66th on Billboard Canadian Albums chart. His 2019 single “47” was ranked on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2020, Moosewala was named by The Guardian among 50 up-and-coming artists.
In 2021, he released Moosetape, tracks from which charted globally including Canadian Hot 100, UK Asian, and New Zealand Hot charts.
In early 2022, Moosewala contested the Assembly polls on a Congress ticket from Mansa, gaining only 20.52% votes from the Mansa constituency, losing to AAP’s Dr Vijay Singla, the minister who was sacked by the AAP government and arrested earlier this week over alleged corruption charges by a margin of 63,323 votes.