Overview

• Unknown assailants fired shots at the statue of Sidhu Moosewala in Sawantkheda village, damaging the memorial erected last year by Jannayak Janata Party leader Digvijay Chautala.
• Sirsa district police have registered a formal case in Dabwali, Sirsa district, to investigate the latest attack on the statue.
• The Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility in a social media post, warning that those portraying Moosewala as a martyr would face consequences.
• On July 29, a video clip showing the shooting was sent from a foreign number to Digvijay Chautala, conveying a threat that Moosewala’s sympathisers would be next.
• Charan Kaur condemned the incident as an attack on her son’s memory and a “wound to her soul,” vowing that his legacy will endure until justice is served.