New Delhi: The popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was shot in broad daylight in Punjab’s Mansa district on May 29, 2022. The horrific killing sent shockwaves across India, and condolences poured in for the rapper. He was 28 years old. A Canada-based gangster named Goldy Brar an m, a member of the Lawrence Bishoni gang claimed responsibility for the killing, which the police said was the culmination of an inter-gang rivalry. On June 23, 2022, his first posthumous single, “SYL,” was released.
Almost three years later, in an interview with the BBC Eye, Satinderjit Singh or Goldy Brar, as he is better known, spoke about why he and his associates killed Sidhu Moosewala. In that interview, Goldy Brar said, “In his arrogance, Sidhu Moosewala made some mistakes that could not be forgiven; we had no option but to kill him. He has to face the consequences of his actions. It was either him or us. As simple as that.
Lawrence was in touch with Sidhu Moosewala. I don’t know who introduced them, and I never asked. But they did speak. Sidhu used to send good morning and good night messages in an effort to flatter Lawrence Brar in an interview. Brar claimed that the tension began over a kabaddi tournament in Punjab. That’s the village our rivals come from. He was promoting our rivals. That’s when Lawrence and others were upset with him. They threatened Sidhu and said they wouldn’t spare him, Brar claimed.
The tensions were defused through the intervention of Vicky Middukhera, an associate of Bishnoi’s and an intermediary. But Middukhera was gunned down in Mohali in August 2021. Everyone knew Sidhu’s role; the police investigated, and even the journalists who were investigating knew.
Sidhu mixed with politicians and people in power. Sidhu was using their political power, money, and resources to help our rivals. We wanted to face punishment for what he’d done. He should have been booked. He should been jailed; that was said by Goldy Brar in that interview. He also said that nobody listened to our plea. So we took it upon ourselves. When decency falls on deaf ears, it’s the gunshot that gets heard, said Brar.
