Congress leader and popular Punjabi singer-rapper Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead Sunday in a firing incident in Punjab’s Mansa district, a day after his security cover was withdrawn by the Bhagwant Mann-led state government. A video went viral on social media showing the bullet-riden SUV that Moose Wala and his associates were travelling in when unknown assailants opened fire.
The disturbing video shows a cracked windshield filled with bullet holes, broken glass and the singer-rapper, with blood on his clothes from his wounds, in an unconscious state.
The windows are completely smashed and the seats covered in blood. Several people can be seen around him, checking his pulse and trying to get him out of the vehicle to rush him to the hospital.
The latest reports say more than 30 rounds were fired at his vehicle. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is receiving a lot of flak with opposition parties blaming Bhagwant Mann for the incident. Two armed security officers were withdrawn from a security detail assigned to Moose Wala on Saturday. Sidhu Moose Wala was among 424 political leaders and officials whose security cover was dropped by the Bhagwant Mann government.
