Sidhu Moosewala funeral: Last rites of Punjabi singer performed in his ancestral village

Image credit: ANI

Chandigarh: Punjabi singer-turned-politician Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead on Sunday (May 29), sending shockwaves across the nation. Moosewala's last rites are being conducted today and several mourners gathered at the residence of the slain Punjabi singer in Punjab's Mansa district on Tuesday (May 31) morning as the family prepared to conduct his last rites.

Accompanied by some relatives, Moosewala's father received his son's body from Mansa Civil hospital, where it was kept for post-mortem, around 8.15 am. The body has been taken to his residence at Moosa village in Mansa. The last rites of Moosewala, who was killed on Sunday, will be performed on Tuesday. A heavy police force has been deployed outside the residence of the slain Punjabi singer.

According to news reports, Sidhu Moosewala's cremation will take place on his agricultural land and his body being taken on his favourite tractor.

Mourners, especially the youth and the singer's fans, assembled outside the house to pay their last respects. Several people raised slogans in his favour. Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Mansa district, a day after the state government curtailed his security cover. His cousin and a friend, who were travelling in a Mahindra Thar jeep with him, were also injured in the attack.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Instant Bollywood (@instantbollywood)

The 28-year-old Punjabi singer had fought the recent assembly election in Punjab on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by the AAP's Vijay Singla. Moosewala was among the 424 people whose security was withdrawn or curtailed by the Punjab Police on Saturday on a temporary basis.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 Moosewala. The 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 inter-gang rivalry and that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was behind the killing.

(With PTI inputs)