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5. The last ride

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Sidhu’s song The Last Ride plays like a premonition. We are understanding who will benefit from his murder. And how it’s changed India forever.

Sidhu predicted he would die young and by the bullet. Sidhu’s song The Last Ride plays like a premonition. In his final days the death threats intensify and Sidhu is increasingly isolated. We find out who benefited from his murder and how it’s changed Punjab - making it a more dangerous place. Can we finally get answers to why Sidhu was killed?

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: First India News, India Today, CBC, CPAC, Al Jazeera, WION, Republic World.

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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