Sidhu Moosewala situation.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 2:58 pm
I am new and i don't know if this is the right way to start a discussion, anyways I'll proceed. This is what i have to say regarding the firearms knowledge of the Punjab police and police in general in india. As you are probably aware a very Famous Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh alias Sidhu Moosewala was killed in an assassination carried out with firearms, post the murder the police held a press conference to brief the public about the immediate discoveries.
The DGP himself was addressing the media and he said various different calibre firearms were used in the assassination judging from the spent shells found at the crime scene. He mentioned there were 9mm as well as .455 cases, now that surprises me as you know .455 is the webley revolver round and it's highly unlikely the assailants were using a webley revolver. Secondly they were saying that an AN94 was used in the assassination which fires the 5.45*39 now maybe the DGP mistook the 5.45 round for .455 which seems possible but it's a big blunder nevertheless. However the 5.45 round is also used in the Ak 74 which is the standard issue rifle of Russian forces so how can the police say it was an AN94 since there is no cctv footage of the assassination and eyewitnesses probably can't tell any difference between the two rifles. The AN94 is rare even in Russia and just a few hundred were made by my recollection, they are just used by some special forces in Russia so how come such a rifle made it's way into India. I'd be even surprised if it was an AK 74 let alone an AN 94, in india criminal elements use mostly 9mm and .30 calibre Tokarev pistols, if an AK series rifle firing 5.45*36 was used it would most likely have been an AK 74 not an AN 94.
I don't know how the police confidently made such statements and by the DGP no less, I hope I'm wrong but to me it seems unlikely. If this was not a proper place to post this i would request any member to post it at the appropriate place or guide me how to do it because i couldn't figure it out.
The DGP himself was addressing the media and he said various different calibre firearms were used in the assassination judging from the spent shells found at the crime scene. He mentioned there were 9mm as well as .455 cases, now that surprises me as you know .455 is the webley revolver round and it's highly unlikely the assailants were using a webley revolver. Secondly they were saying that an AN94 was used in the assassination which fires the 5.45*39 now maybe the DGP mistook the 5.45 round for .455 which seems possible but it's a big blunder nevertheless. However the 5.45 round is also used in the Ak 74 which is the standard issue rifle of Russian forces so how can the police say it was an AN94 since there is no cctv footage of the assassination and eyewitnesses probably can't tell any difference between the two rifles. The AN94 is rare even in Russia and just a few hundred were made by my recollection, they are just used by some special forces in Russia so how come such a rifle made it's way into India. I'd be even surprised if it was an AK 74 let alone an AN 94, in india criminal elements use mostly 9mm and .30 calibre Tokarev pistols, if an AK series rifle firing 5.45*36 was used it would most likely have been an AK 74 not an AN 94.
I don't know how the police confidently made such statements and by the DGP no less, I hope I'm wrong but to me it seems unlikely. If this was not a proper place to post this i would request any member to post it at the appropriate place or guide me how to do it because i couldn't figure it out.