Heartbreaking, Unbelievable: Cine Stars Condole Punjabi Singer Sidhu Moosewala's Demise
Several Indian film celebrities such as Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal as well as Canadian rapper-singer Drake paid homage to popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants i
Several
Indian
film
celebrities
such
as
Ranveer
Singh,
Vicky
Kaushal
as
well
as
Canadian
rapper-singer
Drake
paid
homage
to
popular
Punjabi
singer
Sidhu
Moosewala,
who
was
shot
dead
on
Sunday
by
unidentified
assailants
in
Punjab's
Mansa
district.
The
27-year-old
singer,
also
a
Congress
leader,
was
killed
a
day
after
the
state
government
curtailed
his
security
cover.
Singh
and
Kaushal
took
to
their
Instagram
accounts
and
quoted
the
refrain
from
the
late
singer's
song
"Dil
Da
Ni
Mada".
Singh,
who
performed
at
the
Indian
Premier
League
closing
ceremony
on
Sunday
in
Ahmedabad,
also
shared
Moosewala's
picture
on
his
Instagram
Stories
and
captioned
it:
"IMMORTAL".
Drake
took
to
his
Instagram
Stories
on
Sunday
night
to
remember
Moosewala.
"RIP
MOOSE
@sidhu_moosewala,"
he
captioned
a
picture
of
the
"So
High"
hitmaker
with
his
mother.
In
2020,
Drake
made
headlines
when
he
started
following
Moosewala
on
Instagram.
Moosewala,
who
counted
Drake
as
one
of
his
music
influences
and
followed
him
on
social
media,
was
a
regular
performer
at
live
shows
in
Canada.
Calling
Moosewala
a
talented
artiste,
Punjabi
superstar
Diljit
Dosanjh
said
he
was
heartbroken
by
the
singer's
death.
"Heartbreaking
news..
He
was
a
talented
boy.
I
never
met
him
but
his
hard
work
spoke
a
lot.
No
doubt.
It's
very
hard
for
parents...
A
bad
day
for
the
music
industry," the
actor-singer
wrote
in
Romanised
Punjabi.
Actor-singer
Harbhajan
Mann
also
posted
the
picture
of
Moosewala
and
said,
"Waheguru
ji
RIP
#Moosewala."
Singer
Jasbir
Jassi
and
Punjabi
film
actor
Binnu
Dhillon
dubbed
the
killing
of
Moosewala
as
unfortunate.
"RIP
Sidhu
Moose
Wala
veere,"
Jassi
posted
on
his
Facebook
page
while
posting
his
picture
with
Moosewala.
Popular
Punjabi
singer
Parmish
Verma
and
actor-singer
Gippy
Grewal
also
paid
tribute
to
Moosewala
on
social
media.
Music
composer
Salim
Merchant,
whose
song
with
Moosewala
is
up
for
a
release,
said
he
was
"shocked" by
the
singer's
untimely
death.
"I'm
shocked
&
saddened
by
the
news..
Sidhu
was
a
gem
..
our
song
was
going
to
release
very
soon
..
this
is
unbelievable,"
the
musician
wrote
on
Twitter.
Earlier,
actors
Ajay
Devgn,
Richa
Chadha,
Kapil
Sharma,
Swara
Bhasker,
music
composer
Vishal
Dadlani,
and
popular
TV
host
Rannvijay
Singha
among
others
also
tweeted
their
condolences
for
Moosewala.
On
Sunday,
Deputy
Superintendent
of
Police
(Mansa)
Gobinder
Singh
told
PTI
that
Moosewala
was
attacked
when
he
was
in
his
jeep
at
village
Jawahar
Ke
and
several
bullets
hit
him.
Besides
the
singer,
Moosewala's
cousin
and
a
friend,
who
were
travelling
in
a
Mahindra
Thar
jeep
with
him,
were
also
injured
in
the
attack.
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.
Moosewala
was
among
the
424
people
whose
security
was
withdrawn
or
curtailed
by
the
Punjab
Police
on
Saturday
on
temporary
basis.