2 shooters who killed Moose Wala shot dead

An encounter broke out on Wednesday, July 20,  morning in Amritsar between the Punjab Police and the gangsters involved in the killing of the singer Sidhu Moose Wala. A total of four gangsters were shot dead during the exchange of fire in Hoshiar Nagar village near the Attari border. Of these, two gangsters named – Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kusa and Jagroop Singh Roopa – were the shooters who killed Moose Wala and were at large since then, police said. A CCTV footage recently surfaced showing both of them riding a bike at Samalsar in Moga district on June 21. Gunshots were heard from the site where the accused were hiding. A heavy police force was deployed in the village, the area was cordoned off and the locals were told to stay indoors. A video journalist named Sikander Mattu of a private media channel got injured by the bullet of gangsters. Addressing the media after the shootout, ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) Pramod Ban said the operation was concluded successfully as both Mannu and Roopa, who killed Moose Wala, were gunned down in the encounter. “Two sharp shooters involved in Moose Wala murder killed in the encounter. Police also recovered an AK-47 and a pistol along with heavy ammunition from the spot. Three policemen have also received minor injuries,” he said. Moose Wala was shot dead on May 29 in Punjab’s Mansa district, a day after the state government curtailed his security cover. Moose Wala’s cousin and a friend, who were travelling in a Mahindra Thar jeep with him, were also injured in the attack. Moosewala, 28, had fought the  assembly election on a Congress ticket from Mansa and was defeated by the AAP leader Vijay Singla.          Source: News18