VIDEO: Sidhu Moosewala's parents hug son's coffin in tearful goodbye
- 31 May 2022
Sidhu Moosewala's mother hugs her son’s body during the funeral.
Popular Punjabi singer-rapper Sidhu Moosewala's parents hugged their son's coffin as they bid a tearful goodbye to the slain singer on Tuesday.
Pictures and videos on social media showed Moosewala's mother hugging the glass casket in which his mortal remains were kept. The mother could not stop looking at her son's lifeless body. His father broke down and then she turned to wipe his tears.
A sea of fans and mourners gathered at the singer's village Moosa for the cremation, which took place on Tuesday afternoon.
Moosewala was brutally murdered on Sunday. He was in his car when the attackers blocked him and fired more than 30 shots at him.
The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday hear the plea filed by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, named as a suspect in the sensational murder of Sidhu Moosewala, alleging apprehension of a fake encounter by the Punjab Police for 'political mileage'.
The autopsy report of Punjabi singer-turned Congress leader Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu aka Sidhu Moosewala has revealed 24 bullet wounds on his body.
A police source said that in less than two minutes 30 rounds were fired.
After the post-mortem, the body was handed over to the family members. The last rites will be performed later in the day.
In less than 24 hours after his security was curtailed by the government, Moosewala, 29, was shot dead by gangsters near his ancestral village in Mansa in broad daylight on Sunday.
He was on the wheel in a Mahindra Thar SUV when the assailants, believed to be 10-12 in number, fired more than 20 rounds at point-blank range at the singer and his two friends, who got grievous injuries.
It is learnt that the AK-47 assault rifle was used in the crime as its shells were recovered from the crime scene.
Goldy Brar a Canada-based gangster and Lawrence Bishnoi have taken the responsibility of the murder.
