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Bhartiya Janta Party leader Jagjit Singh, who had filed a plea seeking an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Sidhu Moose Wala murder case, has informed the court that he does not wish to press the plea any further as the Punjab police is taking steps in the investigation. Counsel Namit Saxena proceeded to withdraw the plea. 

Justice Ajay Rastogi, who was presiding the bench, remarked that while all the parties are equal before the Supreme Court, matters should not be given a political color.

The plea stated that the removal of the security cover encouraged the assailants to immediately attack and kill Sidhu Moose Wala. The plea filed through Advocate Namit Saxena alleged, "The instant case deals with a political motive and involves inter-state and international gang rivalry which requires full scale, thorough going and comprehensive investigation."

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala a prominent Punjabi singer who was shot dead in broad daylight on May 29, 2022, by some unknown persons in Mansa district, Punjab while he was driving his car.

The plea stated, "The way the cold-blooded killing was done in broad daylight is indicative of the fact that the state machinery in the state of Punjab has miserably failed in its duty not only to prevent the crime but also to effectively curb the menace of gang wars."

"That the security of the deceased was removed by the govt. of Punjab just a day prior to his barbaric killing and the information about the same was published in the media at large," the plea added.

The plea contended that the State Police does not have jurisdiction to investigate the present facts of the case as inter-state and international gangsters are involved and the central agency ought to intervene in order to provide speedy, efficient, and conspicuous.

Case Title: Jagjit Singh Vs. The State of Punjab & Ors.