Moosewala murder: 8 including ‘fan’ who clicked selfies arrested

The Punjab Police on Tuesday (June 7) said they have arrested eight persons for providing logistic support, conducting recce and harbouring the shooters of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh alias Sidhu Moosewala, who was shot dead on May 29.

Moosewala, who left his house at around 4.30 pm on May 29 along with two persons Gurwinder Singh (neighbour) and Gurpreet Singh (cousin), was shot dead by some unidentified persons. He was driving his Mahindra Thar vehicle.

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The case is being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Punjab Police.

“Those arrested have been identified as Sandeep Singh alias Kekda of Sirsa, Haryana; Manpreet Singh alias Manna of Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda; Manpreet Bhau of Dhaipai, Faridkot; Saraj Mintu of village Dode Kalsia, Amritsar; Prabhdeep Sidhu alias Pabbi of Takhat-Mall, Haryana; Monu Dagar of village Rewli in Sonipat, Haryana; Pawan Bishnoi and Naseeb, both residents of Fatehabad, Haryana. The Police have also identified four shooters involved in the crime,” the Punjab Police said in a press statement.

Divulging the roles of the arrested persons, ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force Parmod Ban said that Kekda, on the directions of Goldy Brar and Sachin Thapan, had kept tab on the singer’s movements by impersonating himself as his fan.

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“Kekda also clicked selfies with the singer, when the latter was leaving from his home minutes before his murder,” he added.

“Kekda has shared all the inputs like the singer was not accompanied by his security personnel, number of occupants, vehicle details and he is travelling in non-bullet-proof vehicle Mahindra Thar, with the shooters and handlers operating from abroad,” ADGP Ban said.

He said that Manna had provided a Toyota Corolla car to Bhau, who further delivered the car to two persons — suspected to be the shooters, on the directions of Mintu, who is a close aide of Brar and Thapan.

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The ADGP said that the fifth accused Pabbi had provided shelter to two associates of Brar, who came from Haryana in January, 2022, and also got conducted recce of Moosewala’s home and surrounding areas through them, while Dagar had provided two shooters and helped assemble the team of shooters to carry out this murder the directions of Brar.

He said that Bishnoi and Naseeb had handed over Bolero vehicle to shooters and also provided them hideout.