Union Home Minister Amit Shah will meet the family of murdered Punjabi singer and rapper Sidhu Moosewala at BJP headquarters in Chandigarh, Hindustan Times reported.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had visited Sidhu Moosewala's home on Friday, assuring the slain singer's family that his killers would soon be behind bars and slamming those playing politics over the death.
Mann spent about an hour with the bereaved family at Moosa village in Mansa district, condoling the death of the 28-year-old Punjabi singer who was shot on Sunday.
The killing took place in the district a day after the new Aam Aadmi Party government pruned the security provided to the singer and about 400 other VIPs as a temporary move. Police has got vital clues regarding the murder of Sidhu Moosewala and the day is not far when we will nab the perpetrators of this heinous crime, the CM assured the family, a state government statement said.
Ahead of the chief minister's visit around 10am, the AAP's Sardulgarh MLA, Gurpreet Singh Banawali, faced protests as he arrived at the family's home. There was a large police deployment in Moosa and some people held a protest against Punjab Police, accusing it of preventing them from entering the village.
Mann called Moosewala a multi-talented artiste blessed with a mesmerising voice and said his untimely death has dealt a major blow to the music industry and millions of fans, the statement said. He assured the family that the state government was with them in this hour of crisis and will spare no effort in arresting Moosewala's killers at the earliest.