Nearly 12 months after the Punjab Police special investigation team (SIT) filed the first chargesheet against gangsters in Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder case, the trial against 25 accused, including Lawrence Bishnoi, started in the Mansa district and sessions court this week.
A total of 24 accused lodged in various jails of Punjab were presented in the court of district and sessions judge Preeti Sahni through video-conferencing on Wednesday. Bishnoi did not attend the proceedings on medical grounds.
The court will hear arguments on framing of charges against the accused on August 23.
Reacting to the development, Moose Wala’s father Balkaur Singh said: “We pray that the trial be fair and all culprits involved directly or indirectly be given the harshest punishment. It must set an example for all-powerful or ordinary.”
Moose Wala was shot dead by six assailants at Jawahar Ke village in Punjab’s Mansa on May 29 last year.
