Who killed Sidhu Moosewala? Harmeet Singh Pathanmajras claim against Baltej Pannu ignites fresh controversy
Pathanmajra added that he was not the only one making allegations against Pannu, claiming that people across Punjab were accusing him.
PTC News Desk: Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra and Chetan Singh Jauramajra held a press conference in Chandigarh following their resignations from the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday. where they levelled serious allegations against Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. They also directly accused Baltej Pannu of being responsible for the murder of Sidhu Moose Wala.
Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra said, “Everyone knows that Baltej Pannu got Sidhu Moose Wala killed.” Citing his own situation, he said that if his security were withdrawn in the morning and his enemies were also informed about the reduction, they could harm him at any time.
Pathanmajra added that he was not the only one making allegations against Pannu, claiming that people across Punjab were accusing him. He further alleged that Pannu was behind the “wrongdoing” being carried out by the Chief Minister and people in Delhi.
Moosewala shot dead after security withdrawn
In 2022, after the Aam Aadmi Party came to power, Sidhu Moose Wala’s security was reduced. The Punjabi singer was shot dead in his village on May 29, the following day. The report states that Moose Wala’s murder was carried out as an act of revenge. On August 7, 2021, young Akali leader Vicky Middukhera was killed. Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi reportedly suspected that Moose Wala had sheltered the shooters who killed Middukhera, a close associate of Bishnoi who was killed by the Bambiha gang.
The report further states that members of the Lawrence gang had been conducting surveillance on Moose Wala for months before shooting him dead on Sunday, May 29, 2022.
Pannu was arrested in sexual assault case
Baltej Singh Pannu was also named in the 2015 Nancy Ghuman case. According to media reports, Ghuman alleged that Pannu had threatened to damage her reputation if she did not comply with his demands.
In her complaint, she alleged that Pannu repeatedly raped her at his home in Patiala and at a friend’s flat in Chandigarh. She said he had promised to marry her after they met at a gym in Patiala. She further alleged that when she insisted that he marry her, he threatened to upload a video of her and defame her.
Based on the complaint, police registered an FIR under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code. Pannu was arrested after police raided his residence.