Moose Wala cremated at his native village in Mansa, thousands join procession

A sea of mourners bid a tearful farewell to popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala who was cremated at his native village in Mansa district on Tuesday afternoonThe body of the 28yearold singerpolitician who was shot dead on Sunday was brought to his home in Moosa village amid tight security on Tuesday morning from Mansa civil hospital where the postmortem was conducted Moose Walas family including his parents were inconsolable as they sat beside the body at their home His mother was seen trying to console her husband as people from Punjab Rajasthan and Chandigarh among other places queued up in large numbers to get a last glimpse of the singerPunjab Last rites of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala performed at his native village Moosa in Mansa district He was shot dead on May 29th pictwittercomg7w5sns1C7mdash ANI ANI May 31 2022The singers favourite tractor which had figured in many of his music videos was bedecked with flowers for his last ride to a familyowned field for the cremation Notwithstanding the scorching heat mourners joined the funeral procession as Moose Walas father and mother stood on the tractor with folded hands accompanying their son on his final journey Some of his fans wore tshirts with Moose Walas picture printed on them The singers father Balkour Singh even took off his turban on seeing the sea on mournersPunjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring was present during the funeral procession A heavy police force was deployed at the slain singers residence as well as at the cremation site People heaped praises on Moose Wala for his songs and even raised slogans in his favour He was a goodnatured man He would never say no to anybody for a selfie We are sad that he is not amongst us today said a villager Some villagers and fans expressed anger over the Punjab police pruning Moose Walas security cover just a day before he was shot dead and sought the strictest punishment for the killers Those who were behind the killing of Moose Wala should be given exemplary punishment said an elderly man who came from Jalandhar Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu known as Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Punjabs Mansa district His cousin and a friend who were travelling in a Mahindra Thar jeep with him were also injured in the attackThe popular Punjabi singer had fought the recent assembly election in Punjab on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by the AAPs Vijay Singla He was among the 424 people whose security was withdrawn or curtailed by the Punjab Police on Saturday on a temporary basis Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced setting up a judicial commission headed by a sitting high court judge to probe the brutal killing of Sidhu Moose WalaThe state police on Monday claimed to have rounded up some suspects and got important leads in connection with the killing It had termed the assassination a case of an intergang rivalry and that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was behind the killingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever