Rahul Gandhi visits slain Punjabi singer Moose Wala’s home

By PTI

MANSA: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi visited the residence of slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala in Mansa district on Tuesday to precise condolences to his household.

Gandhi, who landed on the Chandigarh airport this morning, drove straight to the singer’s native village Moosa right here.

Several Congress leaders together with Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition within the Punjab Assembly Partap Singh Bajwa, former deputy chief minister O P Soni and different get together leaders accompanied him.

Security has been tightened exterior the residence of Moose Wala within the wake of Gandhi’s go to. Moosewala was shot useless by unidentified assailants in Mansa on May 29. Gandhi was overseas when the killing came about and returned over the weekend.

Moose Wala, who had joined the Congress December final yr, had unsuccessfully contested from the Mansa seat within the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections. On Saturday, the dad and mom of Moosewala had met Union Home Minister Amit Shah right here. Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Bhgawant Mann had additionally expressed grief with the household.

Senior Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa had written to CM Mann, urging him to “transfer the murder case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the National Investigation Agency (NIA) so that justice can be delivered to the family at the earliest”.