The local residents of Jawaharke village of Mansa district in Punjab, who bore witness to the broad daylight murder of the famous Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, have claimed that the singer-turned-politician was alive for a few minutes even after the attack.”The jeep was locked from inside and we had to break open its doors to get inside and take out the wounded people,” one of the local residents, among the first to reach the spot after the incident, said.
Moosewala, 28, one of the most famous Punjabi language singers of the current times, was shot dead on May 29 while he was travelling in a car and around 10-12 assailants fired over 30 shots at him.He was found soaked in blood on the driving seat of the Mahindra Thar SUV. There were two more occupants in the car — Sidhu’s friends, Gurwinder Singh and Gurpreet Singh.
The locals claimed that when they broke open the doors, Sidhu was still breathing.”Though he was badly wounded, his heart was still beating. We sensed it,” they said.There was no vehicle to take him immediately to the hospital and it took some time until a passing car was stopped and Moosewala was shifted to a local hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.Sidhu’s friends — Gurwinder and Gurpreet Singh — are still admitted at the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital in Ludhiana
