BREAKING: Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala shot dead in Mansa days after security withdrawn

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NEW DELHI: In an big breaking news, Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was on Sunday (May 29) shot dead in firing by unidentified assilants at Punjab's Mansa district. At least three people, including the noted singer were injured in the firing incident that took place in Jawaharke village in Mansa on Sunday afternoon. They were immediately rushed to a nearest hospital in Mansa, where Sidhu was declared dead by the doctors. He was 27 years old. 

Moosewala's security was cut down by the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab on Saturday (May 28). Moosewala had four police gunmen on his security, out of which two were withdrawn.  

As per IANS, he was travelling in his vehicle when the assailants fired at the singer and his two friends. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. Moosewala, who was often caught on the wrong side of the law but broke several records, did not mind in singing couplets of his songs and posing for countless selfies with the electorate, largely first-timers, during his campaigning.

With assets of Rs 7.87 crore as per his nomination affidavit, the singer-turned-politician, who loved to ride on an open jeep, was facing four criminal cases, including two for obscene scenes.

Controversies are not new to Moosewala. He created stir by allegedly misusing the name of 18th century Sikh warrior Mai Bhago in his track `Jatti Jeonay Morh Di Bandook Wargi` with panthic bodies demanding his arrest for hurting Sikh sentiments. He later apologised.

Moosewala, who is facing charges of promoting violence and gun culture in his song 'Sanju', joined the Congress on December 3, 2021. Moosewala, who created a niche for himself with his unique rapping style, is known for hit tracks like 'Legend', 'Devil', 'Just listen', 'Jatt da Muqabala' and 'Hathyar', among many others.

He plays the protagonist in Punjabi film 'Moosa Jatt'. His another film 'Yes I Am A Student' is a story that sheds light on the hardship of international students but inspires them to never lose hope.

Many of his songs featured in the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 charts.

Sidhu Moosewala had contested the 2022 Punjab general assembly election on a Congress ticket from Mansa but was defeated by the AAP candidate Vijay Singla by a huge margin. Vijay Singla was recently sacked by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over corruption charges.

"I am not entering politics for status or to earn praise. I want to become a part of the system to transform it. I am joining the Congress to raise the voice of the people. I am joining the Congress as the party has leaders who have come from common families," Moosewala, who went to Canada in 2016 as an international student, had said on the day he joined the politics.

On April 11, 2022 Sidhu released a new song titled 'Scapegoat' in which he laments his failure in the recent state assembly elections. Aam Aadmi Party alleged that the popular singer called the voters of Punjab 'gaddar' (traitors) in the song for making AAP win. 

AAP also claimed that Moose Wala's song perpetuates the Congress' 'anti-Punjab' mentality and has demanded an answer from the party's newly appointed state unit president, Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, on whether he endorsed the singer's views.