Moose Wala, the murdered Indian rapper used to promote the use of weapons for civilians.
Thousands fired controversial Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala on Tuesday, May 31, who was killed in a shooting in northwest India on Sunday 29 the next day. the Police revokes part of the official protection assigned to him.
The artist Sidhu Moose Wala, a controversial figure for promoting the use of weapons in his songshe was killed while driving in his car with two people who were injured after several attackers opened fire on them.
The autopsy revealed it the 28-year-old rapper received up to 24 bullets coming from three different weapons during the shooting, according to several local media.
Moose Wala was honorably discharged from the Indian people.
The mass funeral
This Tuesday a funeral procession was organized in his hometown, in the state of Punjab, to offer it a last farewell before the cremation of his body, made according to the Sikh religion, predominant in this Indian region.
A crowd took to the streets to greet Moose Wala, which delayed the procession for several hours. The artist’s body was cremated in the presence of his parents, while thousands of people sang “Moose Wala Zindabad!” (Long live Moose Wala!).
Police arrested six people. allegedly involved in the murder, which according to Punjab Police Superintendent VK Bhawra responds to a settling of scores between rival gangs.
The officer was referring to a recent Facebook post, in which an alleged Indian criminal took over the murder of Moose Wala, justifying it as a retaliation for the deaths of two members of his gang, in which he accused the rapper of being involved.
Why did the police withdraw?
Sidhu Moose fans, in the massive farewell that the Indian people gave him. AFP photo
One of the biggest controversies surrounding the artist’s death is the recent withdrawal of two of the four policemen who accompanied him on a daily basisdespite the threats.
This decision, which led the Punjab government to withdraw security from 424 state personalities, sparked protests in various parts of the region, mainly motivated by the opposition Congregational Party, with which the artist participated in the last legislative elections. February, without being elected.
According to the Superintendent of Police, Moose Wala was not traveling in his bulletproof vehicle at the time of the shooting nor was he accompanied by any police officer, as he refused his escort before leaving his residence.
His musical career
Moose Wala’s musical career took off in 2018, a year after moving to Canada, and their first album peaked at number 66 on the best-selling album chart in that country, where there is a great diaspora from Punjab.
His image and some candles, at the mass funeral of Indian rap singer Sidhu Moose Wala. AFP photo
However, his career was plagued by controversy over his arms promotionwith which he appears in the video clips or in the photographs he publishes on social networks, with his iconic image with a Sikh turban holding a silver-handled gun, which has earned him several police complaints.
Another controversial episode occurred last April, when, after losing the legislative elections, He raised an issue by calling those voters who did not opt for his candidacy traitors.
Beyond his time in music and politics, the artist has appeared in some Punjabi films, the most recent released last March.
On May 15 he released his last song, which under the title The last trippaid tribute to the famous American rapper Tupac Shakur (2PAC), who curiously died in 1996 in a shooting while traveling in his car.
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