Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will meet singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s family in Chandigarh on Saturday. BJP leaders claimed during Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat’s recent visit to their residence, they had expressed desire to meet Shah to press their demand for probe by a central agency. They are reported to have been invited for a meeting by BJP leaders.
Moosewala’s devastated father had previously seen Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann in their ancestral village in the Mansa district. Mann’s return has been met with heightened security in the singer-turned-hometown. politician’s The teenage musician was slain on Sunday, a day after the authorities reduced his security.
On Friday morning, protests against the police and the state administration erupted outside Sidhu Moose Wala’s home. The barrier erected around the property enraged the locals. The cops are accused of preventing the family from entering the house. Protesters also stopped AAP MLA Gurpreet Banawali, but the AAP leader apologized on behalf of the cops.
The state’s decision to downgrade the security of over 400 VIPs – in what was pitched as a move against “VIP culture” – has drawn wide criticism after the Moose Wala killing.
On Thursday, the Punjab and Haryana high court told the government to take back the order.
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