Grewal’s Targeting, Bishnoi's Impunity, Moosewala’s Fame

On 25 Nov, unknown shooters shot at Panjabi singer and actor Gippy Grewal’s residence in White Rock, Vancouver, Canada. On 28 Nov, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi claimed responsibility on X (handle now withdrawn) for the shooting, and warned Grewal to stop looking up to and praising Bollywood star Salman Khan. Bishnoi is currently lodged in Ahmedabad jail and police say the tweet was from a European country. Grewal clarified in a statement that he is not close to Salman Khan. Meanwhile, The Punjab and Haryana High Court has summoned Panjab's Additional Director General of Prisons (ADGP) to explain why the Committee constituted in March 2023 to probe details of Lawrence Bishnoi’s two media interviews from jail had not yet filed the report. The direction came after the court earlier took suo moto cognizance against the use of mobile phones in the Panjab prison. Meanwhile, late Panjabi Singer Sidhu Moose Wala – whom Bishnoi had claimed responsibility for killing in May 2022 – crossed a historic milestone with his much-celebrated album Moosetape. The album has crossed one billion streams on Spotify. Moosetape has become the first Indian album to accomplish such a feat on Spotify. The song 295 – the 30th track on the album – turned Moose Wala into a worldwide rap superstar. The album is a testimony to Panjabi Sikh defiance and people's support worldwide. The state has been patronizing Bishnoi, allowing him to operate from inside jails, but the defiance keeps growing. (See SDW Vol. 1 Issue 6)