The Killing Call: 3. The gangsters

死亡召唤:第三幕——匪徒们

World Of Secrets

2025-06-11

35 分钟

第 8 季 第 4 集

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Thousands from across India crowd the streets for Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral, to grieve one of Punjab’s famous sons. Millions more watch. Flowers are thrown at the coffin, pulled by his favourite tractor. Amongst the grief are anger and unanswered questions– why was he not better protected? And we find out more about the world he was caught up in. Presented by broadcaster and DJ Bobby Friction and investigative journalist Ishleen Kaur. Season 8 of World of Secrets, The Killing Call, is a BBC Eye investigation for the BBC World Service. Archive audio credits: NDTV, India Today, Pun Yaab, Lovepreet Waraich, BritAsiaTV, CBC, CTV, WION Here’s a link to the BBC Eye two-part documentary films, which we recommend you watch after listening to this podcast: https://bit.ly/thekillingcall If you are in the UK, you can watch on iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002f18y
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  • It's two days after Sidhu Musiala was killed.

  • In his small village of Musa in northern India.

  • The streets are swollen with people.

  • Thousands have travelled here for his cremation.

  • Queues stretch along the usually quiet roads in the scorching May heat.

  • You see an ocean of fans there who have landed up at his village.

  • You know, to see people coming from far off places, from all over the country they came.

  • Some may have come from abroad also.

  • Millions are tuning into the live news feeds.

  • Among them, the journalist Jipinderjeet Singh.

  • Everyone was crying, Ishleen.

  • You could see the tears in the TV broadcasts, on YouTubes and everywhere.

  • I think not just me, every Punjabi that day was glued to the TV.

  • Suddenly, there's movement at the front of Sidhu's family house.

  • The crowd surges forward.

  • Sidhu's favourite tractor pulls onto the road.

  • Behind it is a trailer carrying a glass coffin.