Indian Punjabi singer politician Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead

MANSA: Popular Punjabi singer and rapper Sidhu Moose Wala, who had joined the Congress before the Punjab elections, has been shot dead, Indian media reported on Sunday.

According to details, he was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jawaharke village of Mansa district. 

This follows a day after the Punjab Police withdrew the security of 424 people, including Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.

Moose Wala had contested the Assembly polls on a Congress ticket from Mansa. He was defeated by AAP’s Dr. Vijay Singla with a margin of 63,323 votes. Hailing from Moosa, a village in Mansa district, Moose Wala had joined the Congress amid much fanfare in November last year.

With Congress granting him a ticket from the Mansa Assembly constituency, then sitting Mansa MLA, Nazar Singh Manshahia, had revolted against the party saying that he would oppose the candidature of the controversial singer.