Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala shot dead in Mansa village a day after security cover curtailed

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The performer-turned-politician, who had won a congressional election last December

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Moose Wala was born in Moosa, a village in the Mansa district of Punjab, India, in 1993

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He moved to Brampton, Ont., after receiving an electrical engineering degree in India, in 2016

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He was famous worldwide, especially in the Punjabi diaspora, for his charged rap performances

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Police say Moose Wala had left his home at about 4:30 p.m. local time on Sunday

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The bullets had come from at least three different weapons, pinning the blame on a rivalry

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Sidhu had been scheduled to perform at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver in July

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