Troubles are pouring for the controversial singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known as Sidhu Moosewala, as the Punjab Police is set to move the Punjab and Haryana High Court for cancelation of his anticipatory bail granted in an Arms Act case. That is not all! The State Crime Branch also booked another case against the singer on the charges of promoting violence and gun culture with his latest song ‘Sanju’, released on the social media a couple of days ago.
“The singer has been booked at Mohali on the basis of information received that his song ‘Sanju’, which is trending on various social media platforms, blatantly glorifies use of weapons and boasts about the various FIRs, including the one under the Arms Act, registered against him,” said the state ADGP and Punjab Bureau of Investigations director Arpit Shukla.
The ADGP said that the police would be soon filing a petition for the cancelation of the anticipatory bail granted to Moosewala by the High Court.
“It has been verified that the latest video-song, ‘Sanju’, was uploaded from Moosewala’s official YouTube channel. In the song, Moosewala makes explicit references to the case registered against him under the Arms Act, and the video starts with a news-clip of him being booked in the said case by the Punjab police for unauthorized use of an AK-47 rifle,” he added.
In the video, Moosewala’s news clip is later merged with news reports of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt having been convicted and sentenced for similar offences. Shukla said that the lyrics of the song, as well as the video, promotes and glorifies possession and use of illegal fire-arms, and boasts about registration of FIR as a sign of a ‘real man’.
“Moosewala has been earlier booked for a similar offence on February 1 this year by the Mansa Police. On May 4, he was booked by the Barnala police for various offences under the Disaster Management and Arms Act after his photographs of firing an AK-47 rifle at a firing range during the curfew went viral on social media,” said Shukla.
The ADGP said that Punjab and Haryana High Court had already directed the Director General of Police of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory Chandigarh to ensure that no songs glorifying liquor, drugs and violence are played even at live shows.