The Killing Call, Ep 2: Sidhu Moose Wala and the Murder that Shook India - BBC World Service Docs

EPISODE 2: Three years after the murder of Punjabi hip-hop icon Sidhu Moose Wala, #BBCEye questions the gangster who says he ordered the killing.

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On 29 May 2022, Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was murdered by hired hitmen who followed his car, shot him through the windscreen, and left him to die. As news of the killing spread across India and around the world, a gangster named Goldy Brar claimed responsibility for the hit. But three years later, no-one has been convicted of this murder, the motives remain murky, and Goldy Brar is still on the run.

BBC Eye Investigations has been talking to some of the people closest to Sidhu Moose Wala, tracing his rise from obscurity to stardom, finding out how he made enemies of India’s most feared gang, and asking why they wanted him dead.

It’s a story that takes us from the villages of rural India to the hip-hop scene of eastern Canada, from the turbulant history of Punjab to the contested politics of modern India, and from the shadowy world of organised crime to a chilling phone call with the fugitive gangster, who says he ordered the hit.

Based on hours of unseen archive and exclusive access to Sidhu’s friends and musical collaborators, the film features voices that have never spoken to the media before.

00:00 The murder that shook India
05:49 The Reset: Sidhu returns to Punjab
09:20 Punjab: A complex history
14:28 A voice for the farmer’s protest
18:38 Kabaddi: A risky game
21:21 "He made mistakes which could not be forgiven"
24:32 Sidhu takes a stand
27:37 The murder of Vicky Middukhera
33:45 “When decency falls on deaf ears, it’s the gunshot that gets heard.”
35:10 Lawrence Bishnoi takes a call: “Someone has killed our Sidhu”
38:54 Notoriety makes extortion big business
42:22 Goldy Brar: “It was him or us – I feel no remorse whatsoever”
46:09 Sidhu: “People will kill me to get famous.”

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📽️ Watch the full documentary in PUNJABI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfy_8eSU7I
and in HINDI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeilwYFWk00

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