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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- FrequencySeries
- Published10 June 2025 at 23:06 UTC
- Length38 min
- Season8
- Episode5
- RatingClean