A Tearful Goodbye: Sidhu Moose Wala's Father Takes Off His Turban, Pays Respect To Fans Gathered For Cremation
The body was brought to the ground on Moose Wala's favorite 5911 tractor.
India bid a tearful and emotional goodbye to its rockstar rapper Sidhu Moose Wala. Moose Wala's family, friends, and thousands of fans gathered for the funeral of slain Punjabi singer-politician Sidhu Moosewala on Tuesday.
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Sidhu Moose Wala's parents were inconsolable as they thoroughly escorted their son's mortal remains to the funeral.
After losing their beloved son, the only child, parents paid their last respects.
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Sidhu Moose Wala was cremated at his ancestral village, Jawaharke, amid heavy security deployment by the Punjab Police today.
Moose Wala's parents and other family members took the body for cremation after a post-mortem at Mansa Civil Hospital.
According to the autopsy report, over two dozen bullets were mindlessly fired at Sidhu Moose Wala.
#WATCH | A huge crowd joins the funeral procession of singer Sidhu Moose Wala in Punjab's Mansa.
¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 31, 2022
The last rites of the singer will be performed today. pic.twitter.com/LHkvjrUyVz
The final journey¡ªMoose Wala's favorite tractor:
Sidhu MooseWala's funeral procession will be taken out on his favourite 5911 tractor, and a trolley. Both have been decorated with flowers. #sidhumoosewala pic.twitter.com/5RMS6X7M3m
¡ª Amandeep Singh ?????? ???? (@singhaman1904) May 31, 2022
The body was brought to the ground on Moose Wala's favorite 5911 tractor. Moose Wala's body was brought to his home amid heavy security arrangements.
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A sea of fans could gather outside his ancestral house while police closed the doors, and only family members and close friends were allowed to enter.
Moose Wala's father and mother stood on the tractor with folded hands, accompanying their son on his final journey.
A tear-jerking moment:
After his son's cremation, the singer's father, Balkaur Singh, removed his turban and held it out in his hands as he greeted thousands of fans and well-wishers who had shown up to pay their last respects.
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While many believe it was a sign of respect and gratitude for the people present, many said it was a gesture to show how the man had lost everything.
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Internet is in tears as many pictures of Moose Wala's father removing his turban circulated.
There was nothing more moving then seeing the father of Siddhu Moosewala thumping his chest and removing his turban during the last rites of his son. One cannot even imagine the pain of his parents.#JusticeForMoosewala pic.twitter.com/wyS28deIcR
¡ª Gurmeet Singh Kohli ?????? ???? (@SinghK_says) May 31, 2022
Heart wrenching? father of sidhumoosewala.His words (Give my son back to me on any cost and puting off his turban) #sidhumoosewala pic.twitter.com/eQJ0va7VKK
¡ª Pardeep Sandhu (@Pardeep89911040) May 31, 2022
By seeing this image, Maybe @BhagwantMann would understand that in order to get Social Media Appreciation, what Blunder has he done.
¡ª Sumit (@sumitdhh) May 31, 2022
A helpless father asking to return his son by putting off his Turban ??
Hopefully no parent gets through the same ? pic.twitter.com/r54vD3n2mt
Only father can get pain and Noone can't get pain whose have son they known what is pain son his father eliminated turban for son lovers my son earned lovers than money i urge from Allaha give courage his father he can face off problems allaha give mossoe well place in heaven pic.twitter.com/2UwfQpjrwb
¡ª Imran Khan (@ImranKh69924157) May 31, 2022
By taking off own turban, a father is begging to comeback his son in their life.?? @BhagwantMann #SidhuMooseWalaDeath #JusticeForSidhuMooseWala #Shamefulmoment? pic.twitter.com/yCyqN9VLHd
¡ª Ur's_V??t (@insa1578) May 31, 2022
Sidhu Moose Wala's Father's Moving Gesture After his sons Cremation.
¡ª Madan M Kashyap (@mmkashyap1981) May 31, 2022
After the cremation, the singer's father, Balkaur Singh, removed his turban and held it out in his hands towards a sea of people, in what many believed was a moving gesture to show he has lost everything. pic.twitter.com/3MGd11dQ5s
A father, asking God to give his son back in his turban. Karma will return to those who did this to a father but #SiddhuMoosewala, you are immortal! God give courage to his family, fans and lovers! pic.twitter.com/f1vxB4d3KQ
¡ª Manhar (@ManharSSR) May 31, 2022
By taking off own turban, a father is begging to comeback his son in their life.?? @BhagwantMann #SidhuMooseWalaDeath #JusticeForSidhuMooseWala #Shamefulmoment pic.twitter.com/IzQyWgI09Q
¡ª ???? ????? (@InsanMoni) May 31, 2022
Heart wrenching ? father of sidhumoosewala. His words (Give my son back to me on any cost and puting off his turban) #SiddhuMoosewala pic.twitter.com/ewaI0ljbtp
¡ª Gursimranjit singh(Simran Tejan) (@Gursimranjit_) May 31, 2022
Seeing Sidhu moosewala's father remove his turban in front of everyone because he doesn't have anything else left literally broke me. ? pic.twitter.com/EmH4m7yX4D
¡ª sarcastic._banda_ ??? (@lovishshxrma) May 31, 2022
This grief is beyond expression!
¡ª Ravinder Singh (@singhravinder_) May 31, 2022
The heaviest weight on earth is that of the dead body of a son on his father's shoulders.
Late Sidhu¡¯s father crying for justice for his slain son at his funeral with turban in his hands.
Heavens have fallen!!!#SidhuMooseWalaDeath pic.twitter.com/xpTskUVsC6
no father deserves to lose his everything ... ??#SidhuMooseWala father Balkaur Singh gave respect by removing his turban to people who came to bids final adieu to his son pic.twitter.com/wr1FqERM5g
¡ª Arshdeep Singh Sehdev (@arshdeep27singh) May 31, 2022
Parents remained inconsolable but put a brave foot forward demanding justice for their son:
Moose Wala's family, including his parents, sat beside the body before saying a final goodbye to their son. In several pictures and videos, Moose Wala's father could be seen grooming his mustache one last time, a playful gesture he would occasionally extend to his son.
In another heartbreaking moment, Moose Wala's mother could be seen wiping her husband's tears as he couldn't hold his tears back seeing their son lifeless.
Fans traveled from different parts of Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan:
Many fans showed up wearing t-shirts with Moose Wala's picture printed on them.
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People were seen hooting Moose Wala's popular songs and raising slogans in his favor.
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moosewala, was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants in Punjab's Mansa district. His cousin and a friend, who was traveling in a Mahindra Thar jeep with him, were also injured in the attack.
The famous Punjabi singer had fought the recent assembly election in Punjab on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by the AAP's Vijay Singla.
He was among the 424 people whose security was withdrawn or curtailed by the Punjab Police on Saturday temporarily.
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