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'#JusticeForSidhuMooseWala': On Instagram, family's appeal for candlelight vigil
His family wrote on Instagram, "Please email us the details of your organised candlelight vigils and we will share those on our social media platforms."
The family of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala, who was killed in May, urged his fans who could not participate in the candlelight march in Punjab's Mansa district at 4 pm on Thursday to take out vigils in their respective neighbourhoods.
Taking to Moose Wala's Instagram account, his family wrote, "Please email us the details of your organised candlelight vigils and we will share those on our social media platforms."
"We request everyone, who cannot join us in Mansa today for the Candle March, to do the same in their neighbourhoods, towns or localities. Please email us the details of your organised candlelight vigils and we will share those on our social media platforms. If you are unable to be a part of the March, kindly upload the above post on your social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) with a caption that includes." the family wrote, with the hashtag “#JusticeForSidhuMooseWala”.
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On Wednesday, the singer-turned-Congress leader's father Sardar Balkaur Singh Sidhu had also urged people in a video shared on his Instagram account to participate in the candlelight vigil and extend support to Mose Wala. Since then, his account’s stories section has been sharing posters of candlelight marches being organised in different cities of the country.
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A video of the march held on Thursday in Mansa was also shared by the singer's father with a caption that read “#justiceforsidhumoosewala.”
Moose Wala was shot dead by assailants in Jawaharke village of Punjab's Mansa district on May 29. The incident took place after his security was withdrawn by the Punjab Police. The singer had joined the Congress last year and had contested assembly elections which he lost to an AAP candidate.
