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Read whole story of May 29 incident when Sidhu Moosewala was killed
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, June 16, 2022:
Punjab Police on Thursday revealed all details of the incident when renowned Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was killed by the shooters on May 29.
As per the police statement, Sidhu had left his house at around 05:00 PM in the evening of May 29th in a Mahindra Thar vehicle along with his two friends, Gurwinder Singh & Gurpreet Singh to visit his close relative in a nearby village. Since Sidhu Moosewala was facing a threat he had been allotted two gunmen by the orders of the security wing, Punjab Police accordingly Constable Vipandeep Singh No. 9/521 and Constable Baljinder Singh 7/568 were detailed for his protection. However, on the 29th of May, he had left them at his house informing them that he will be back home in a short while.
He was driving the Thar Jeep and his friend Gurpreet was sitting on his left and Gurwinder was sitting on the rear seat. As the vehicle came out of the house there were some of his fans waiting outside his gate and he stopped for a short while and clicked selfies with some of the fans. Thereafter, he drove his Jeep towards Jawaharke village. His jeep was followed by a Toyota Corolla car and a white Bolero Jeep. When they reached Jawaharke Village, his Thar Jeep slowed down after taking a sharp turn, immediately a Toyota corolla car hit the Thar Jeep and forcibly stopped it, immediately armed assailants started indiscriminate firing on Sidhu and his friends. Their accomplices in the Bolero jeep also fired shots at Sidhu and his friends. Thereafter, the assailants escaped in their vehicles towards the village Khara Barnala. During the incident, the door of the Toyota corolla had got damaged therefore the assailants in the Toyota corolla stopped a White Alto car and at gunpoint forcibly snatched the Alto and escaped towards Khara Barnala village followed by the white Bolero Jeep. However, the Bolero jeep was found abandoned near Khayala village about 13 km from the place of the incident.
Sidhu along with his friends were taken to the hospital where he was declared dead and two other injured were referred to DMC, Ludhiana.
After the incident, an FIR was lodged on the statement of his father Balkaur Singh, who alleged that his son has been killed on the instructions of Lawrence Bishnoi, a known gangster and his gang members.