Famous Punjabi-language rapper Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead in India

Punjabi-language rapper and music producer Sidhu Moose Wala has been shot useless in India, in response to officers. He was 28.

Moose Wala was born in Moosa, a village within the Mansa district of Punjab, India, in 1993. He moved to Brampton, Ont., in after he acquired {an electrical} engineering diploma in 2016.

He was well-known worldwide, particularly within the Punjabi diaspora, for his charged rap performances and slick music movies.

Police say Moose Wala had left his house at about 4:30 p.m. native time on Sunday, driving in a jeep car together with two different individuals.

At about 5:30 p.m., police say the occupants of three automobiles — one behind Moose Wala’s car and two alongside — fired into the car after they had been within the Jawaharke village, inside Mansa district.

Moose Wala suffered accidents and was declared useless after he was delivered to hospital, police say, including it was possible the slaying was the results of an “inter-gang rivalry.” Police say an affiliate of Lawrence Bishnoi, a Canadian resident, claimed accountability.

The rapper, who additionally had an appearing profession, had joined the Indian Nationwide Congress celebration final yr.

He had contested the Punjab state elections in 2021, shedding to Dr. Vijay Singla of the Aam Aadmi Get together, which is the ruling celebration within the state of Punjab and in Delhi.

Punjab State Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann tweeted his condolences to Moose Wala, with a press release from the Congress celebration saying that his dying “has come as a horrible shock to the Congress celebration & your complete nation.”

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