The Punjab government's request for a probe by a sitting high cour𝄹t judge into the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala ඣhas not been accepted, according to sources.
The sources said communication in this regard has been sent to the state government by tওhe court administration. The H𒈔C administration is learnt to have told the government that it cannot spare a judge.
The high court is short of 38 judges with a pendency of around 4.50 lakh casesℱ.
There was no immediate reaction from theღ state government.
Moosewala was shot dead by unidentified assailants in🌞 Punjab's Mans🧸a district On May 29.
The Pu♌njab government had Monday announced setting up a judicial commission headed by a sitti♏ng HC judge after Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh had sought it.
Punjab's Principal Secretary (Home) Anurag Verma in a letter to HC, Registrar General, on May 30, had written, “The government is very concerned about this serious incident and would like to get to the root of the cause to bring the perpe༒trators of this heinous crime to justi𒁏ce”.
“I have been directed to convey the request of the Hon'ble Chief 𓆉Minister 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 Moosewala has also written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking🐻 a probe by the central agencies into the brutal murd✨er of the famous Punjabi singer.
Chief Minister Bhagw𝔉ant Mann had visited Moosewala's home in Mansa on Frജiday, assuring the slain singer's family that his killers would soon be behind bars.
