First arrest made by Punjab Police in Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder, sent to five-day police custody

The accused has been sent to five-day police custody.

“Punjab police has formally arrested Manpreet Singh who was picked up from Uttrakhand. Manpreet Singh was produced before the court and sent to five-day police remand,” a source told ANI.

As per the initial post-mortem report, Moose Wala was hit by around 25 bullets and gunpowder was also found on his body.

The presence of gunpowder on the singer’s body indicated that shots were fired from very close range and the weapon was brought close to his body.

The incident took place at 5.25 pm and the police got information at 5.50 pm about the attack on the singer.

The singer succumbed to his injuries before he could be taken to the hospital.

The singer-turned-politician was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jawaharke village in Mansa district of Punjab on Sunday, a day after the Punjab government reduced his security cover.

Sidhu Moose Wala was cremated on Tuesday at his native village Moosa in the Mansa district of Punjab. His body was taken from Mansa Civil Hospital to his residence on Tuesday morning where a huge crowd gathered to pay their tributes.

The 28-year-old Punjabi singer had joined Congress in December last year and fought the recent assembly election in Punjab on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by the AAP’s Vijay Singla.

On Monday, Punjab Police detained six people from Dehradun’s Peliyon Police Chowki area in connection with Moose Wala’s murder.

Punjab Police have registered an FIR in Mansa against unknown persons under sections 302, 307, and 341 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.