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Indian Express
a day ago
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- Indian Express
BBC releases documentary on Sidhu Moosewala on YouTube despite father seeking ban on screening
The BBC World Service on Wednesday released a documentary on the killing of slain Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala, on YouTube in two parts. The documentary was released at 5 am, even though Moosewala's father, Balkaur Singh Sidhu, petitioned a court in Punjab's Mansa to stop its release or screening. The Mansa court has listed Balkaur Singh's petition for a hearing Thursday. The BBC was scheduled to screen the documentary in a cinema hall in Mumbai Wednesday evening. However, after the controversy, the BBC released it on YouTube. Balkaur Singh also wrote a letter to Maharashtra's director general of police (DGP) to stop the screening. In the complaint filed with the Maharashtra DGP and Mumbai's Juhu Police Station, Balkaur Singh Sidhu said that BBC World Service was organising a programme on June 11 at 3 pm to screen the documentary in Juhu. He contended that the documentary was made without his permission, and also alleged it contained false content about his son's murder. In his complaint to the Maharashtra DGP, his father sought to ban the screening of BBC World Service's documentary on his son, alleging that it could be an attempt to tarnish his legacy. He raised concerns that the documentary might reveal previously unpublished facts. Balkaur Singh also said the documentary includes interviews with individuals named in the First Information Report (FIR) related to his son's murder, which he believes could affect the ongoing legal case. He requested that the screening of the documentary, scheduled for June 11, be stopped and has indicated that he might take legal action if his concerns are not addressed. The singer was shot dead on May 29, 2022, near Mansa.
India Today
4 days ago
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- India Today
Sidhu Moose Wala's father seeks ban on BBC's documentary screening of him in Mumbai
Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala's father has filed a police complaint to ban the screening of BBC World Service's documentary on his son in Mumbai next week, alleging that it could be an attempt to tarnish his a complaint filed with the Maharashtra DGP and Mumbai's Juhu Police Station, Balkaur Singh Sidhu said that BBC World Service was organising a programme on June 11 at 3 pm to screen Sidhu Moose Wala's documentary in is being claimed that invitations have been sent to people that some unknown facts about the Punjabi singer that have not been published or revealed anywhere will be shown in the documentary. According to the complaint, the documentary will be based on the secrets of Sidhu Moose Wala, who was murdered in 2022. Balkaur Singh Sidhu alleged that the documentary may be an attempt to spoil his son's also claimed that the people named in the FIR lodged over his son's murder are the BBC World Service produced a three-part documentary series on Sidhu Moose Wala titled 'Asian Network Stories: Sidhu Moose Wala'. The series, hosted by Bobby Friction, explores Moose Wala's musical journey, collaborations, political persona and the aftermath of his Moose Wala was shot dead on May 29, 2022, while he was travelling in a car to Jawaharke village in Punjab's Mansa gangster Goldy Brar claimed responsibility for Sidhu Moose Wala's murder. Brar, who has close ties to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had claimed in a Facebook post that he killed the singer to avenge the death of another gangster named Vicky Reel IN THIS STORY#Punjab#Maharashtra
