Moosewalas father seeks probe by sitting high court judge
The father of slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala on Monday urged Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to order a probe by a sitting judge of the high court into the killing of his son.
Seeking justice for his son, Moosewalas father Balkaur Singh demanded that the Punjab government should involve the CBI and the NIA in the inquiry.
He also demanded a public apology from the DGP for linking his sons murder to gangwar. It is learnt that the family of Moosewala was not agreeing to conduct the post-mortem.
In a letter to CM Mann, Singh blamed the AAP-governments alleged incompetency for the incident.
Shubhdeeps mother is asking me where her son is and when he will return. What reply should I give? said Singh in an emotional letter.
I hope that I will get justice, he added.
This case should be inquired by a sitting judge of the high court. The Punjab government should ensure assistance of the CBI and the NIA in the inquiry, Singh wrote in the letter.
He demanded that the accountability of officers, who reviewed his sons security and made public the order of withdrawal of the security cover, be fixed.
Moosewala was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Punjabs Mansa district, a day after the state government curtailed his security cover.
Moosewalas cousin and a friend, who were travelling in a Mahindra Thar jeep with him, were also injured in the attack.
The Punjab police DGP on Sunday had said, This incident seems to be a case of an inter gang rivalry, adding that the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was behind the murder of Moosewala.
At least three weapons were used and 30 empty cases were recovered from the site.
Moosewala was left with two Punjab Police commandos after the state police withdrew two of four commandos from his security cover. However, Moosewala neither took the remaining two commandos with him nor his bullet-proof vehicle on Sunday.
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moosewala, was among the 424 people whose security was withdrawn or curtailed by the Punjab Police on Saturday on a temporary basis.
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