Sidhu Moosewala last rites: Parents’ emotional goodbye, huge crowd pays last respects; 10 points

New Delhi: The last rites of the singer-turned-politician, Sidhu Moosewala has begun in Punjab’s Mansa district. A large crowd has gathered for the last rites of the late Punjab singer. He will be cremated at his agricultural field. He was shot dead on Sunday owing to suspected gang rivalry.

Here are the top 10 updates on the big story:

• People from various places have flung to the native village of Sidhu Moosewala to pay the last respect to the singer. Police resorted to lathi-charge outside his house to disperse the crowd. Today morning, his family took his body home from the Mansa Civil Hospital amid heavy security.
• Moosewala contested this year’s Punjab state polls on a Congress ticket and was shot dead after his security was pruned by the state government.
• His post-mortem investigation was conducted by a team of five doctors at the Mansa Civil hospital. The report showed that over two dozen bullets were shot at the singer.
• The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice to the state government, demanding a detailed report on the list of names whose security was reduced or withdrawn and the reason for the decision. Reportedly, the singer was among the 424 people whose security was withdrawn or reduced by the Punjab Police on Saturday.
• The curtailing of the security has led to a major political controversy with opposition parties accusing the Bhagwant Mann’s government of endangering VIPs.

•  Being at the receiving end, Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab CM has announced setting up a judicial commission headed by a sitting high court judge to investigate the murder of Moosewala.
• Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has been questioning jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in Tihar jail. Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar, who has taken the responsibility for the murder, is a close aide of Bishnoi.
• A key suspect, who is a part of Bishnoi’s gang was detained yesterday from Uttarakhand’s Dehradun in a joint operation by the state police and their Punjab counterparts. Five other people were also arrested along with the main suspect and taken to Punjab for interrogation.

• According to Moosewala’s father, Balkaur Singh, he was following him in a car with two armed personnel when the accused shot several bullets at the 28-year-old singer and his two friends. Besides, he stated that several gangsters sent him threats over calls.
• A forensic team is investigating Moosewala’s carat Mansa Police Station. The front and both sides of the car have multiple bullet holes indicating that the car was attacked from all sides.