Pak police arrest teenager over invite for aerial shooting on Sidhu Moosewala’s death anniversary
Lahore (Pakistan), May 30: A Pakistani teenager, who is a fan of late Indian singer Sidhu Moosewala, was arrested in the Punjab province for inviting people for an aerial firing on the singer’s first death anniversary, police said on Tuesday.
15-year-old Sharjil Malik uploaded a poster of Moosewala on his Facebook wall, inviting people to attend the singer’s first death anniversary event at his residence in Okara, some 130 km from Lahore, police added.
The fan in his social media post invited people “…to remember the late Punjabi singer and aerial firing will be held in the manner he (Moosewala) used to do.”
Guns were glorified in Moosewala's songs and music videos.
“A neighbour of Malik filed a complaint with the local police informing his plan of holding an event to commemorate Moosewala’s first death anniversary with aerial firing at his residence on May 29,” police officer Aslam Shahid informed.
“The complainant also attached a social media post of Malik. Acting on this, police arrested him on Sunday, a day before the event was scheduled,” he added.
He further informed that the young boy was released after he tendered a written apology, and his father gave an undertaking that he (Malik) would not indulge in such activities.
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- With inputs from agencies
