Our son's voice can't be silenced, say Sidhu Moosewala's parents

Jupinderjit Singh

Chandigarh, July 17

A couple of days after Canada-based gangster Goldy Brar claimed in a video that Sidhu Moosewala had offered him Rs 2 crore to spare his life, the slain singer’s parents today said the killers of their son wanted to silence him, but his voice has spread far and wide.

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My son may have developed an attitude, but he was not arrogant. He was pained to see others suffer. He distributed lakhs of rupees to people for their medical treatment. Charan Kaur, Moosewala’s mother

“My son was a lion who moved freely. He did not hide his face like his killers,” Moosewala’s father Balkaur Singh said after having inaugurated a life-size statue of his son at Mansa’s Musa village, where his last rites were performed.

“My son may have developed an attitude, but that happens when you rise from the grassroots level and are self-made. But he was not arrogant. He was pained to see others suffer. He distributed lakhs of rupees to people for their medical treatment,” said Moosewala’s mother Charan Kaur.

Gangster Brar is one of the masterminds in the Moosewala murder case. The singer was shot dead by armed assailants in Mansa district on May 29.

Angry at the claims made by the gangster, Balkaur Singh said his son’s followers on social media had reached 16 million. “They wanted to silence his voice, but it has become stronger. My son never bowed to the gangsters and their threats,” he said.

The parents further said their “brave son” challenged the criminals openly. “His killers will suffer for their sins,” they added.

Brar had, on Friday, released a video, in which he had said the singer should not be called a “martyr”. “We rejected his offer of Rs 2 crore as he had made too many mistakes and was responsible for the death of persons dear to us,” he had said in the video.