Sidhu Moosewala killing | When guns and lives go for a song
The HinduBraving the scorching heat on the afternoon of May 31, Sidhu Moosewala’s fans gathered outside his house to get a last glimpse of their idol, a widely popular Punjabi singer and rapper. “The Lawrence Bishnoi group has taken responsibility for Sidhu Mooswala’s murder citing it as a retaliation for the killing of Vicky Midhukhera,” he said. Later, Rocky is said to have returned to Punjab only to get caught in a conflict with one of his protégés, Prabhjinder Singh ‘Dimpy’. Prevalence of gun culture Professor Sucha Singh Gill, an eminent economist and retired Director of the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, who has published a research paper titled ‘Gun culture in Punjab’, said the situation has only worsened with gun licenses being issued indiscriminately in Punjab. The State’s intelligence seems to be in deep slumber,” he said, as he slowly made his way through the jam-packed road towards Moosewala’s home to pay tribute.