CHANDIGARH: A request by the Punjab government for a probe by a sitting high court judge into the murder of singer Sidhu Moose Wala has reportedly not been accepted.
A communication in this regard has been sent to the state government by the court administration, reported PTI quoting sources.
Moosewala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Punjab’s Mansa district On May 29.
The development comes a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann visited Moosewala’s home in Mansa, assuring the slain singer’s family that his killers would soon be behind bars.
On Monday, the Punjab government had announced setting up a judicial commission headed by a sitting HC judge after Moose Wala’s father Balkaur Singh had sought it.

The high court is short of 38 judges with a pendency of around 4.50 lakh case and the court administration has reportedly told the government that it cannot spare a judge.
“The government is very concerned about this serious incident and would like to get to the root of the cause to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice,” Punjab’s Principal Secretary (Home) Anurag Verma in a letter to HC, Registrar General, on May 30, had written.

“I have been directed to convey the request of the Hon’ble Chief Minister for the Hon’ble Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court to get conducted an enquiry headed by a sitting judge of the Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High court in this regard.”
The family of Moose Wala has also written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking a probe by the central agencies into the brutal murder of the famous Punjabi singer.

– With inputs from agencies.