World Of Secrets - The Killing Call: Trailer

Episode Date: June 10, 2025

Indian music star Sidhu Moose Wala died in a hail of bullets. Who wanted him dead and why? He was one of India’s biggest stars — a voice millions followed. Then Sidhu Moose Wala was gunned down. This is the hunt for answers over a murder that won’t be forgotten. A two-year long investigation that exposes a tangled web of fame, power and vengeance and uncovers a criminal underworld that reaches far beyond India's borders. 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. Available now.Archive audio credits: BritAsia TV, India Today, Times Now.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

A young Punjabi rapper has just exploded onto the music scene. It's 2017. People are going crazy like who is this guy? Who is this Sidhu guy? He's a fat boy lyricist, he's an amazing performer and he is none other than Sidhu Musiala. He'll become one of the most influential Indian hip-hop artists. I'm looking into the crowd and they're cheering us on. It felt magical anytime I performed with them. It felt magical any time I performed with him. Ready, go, man! Sidhu Mooseala is a voice for a generation of Punjabis. He has huge fan following, you know, an international icon.

But never forgets where he came from. His music, it was crazy. It's the sort of music that caused a big disruption. The topics he chose to touch, some would say, could be the core issues of Punjab. But at the height of Sidhu Moosewala's fame, We've got some breaking news that's coming in right now, firing on Punjabi singer Shubdeep

Sidhu. He's murdered. Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead by attackers. He could not survive that attack. It is riddled with bullets. Multiple rounds seem to have been fired at... Someone told me that Sidhu is no more. At that point, I felt my body numb.

And I literally got goosebumps in my body and started crying. It was kind of like an earthquake and everybody felt it. It really shook the core in you that this is a murder which Punjab will not forget. Who wanted Sidhu Moosewala dead and why? It was not even my wildest of dreams that they could go to that extent and hit Sidhu Moosewala. I'm investigative journalist journalist Ishleen Kaur

and I've spent the last two years trying to find the answers to these questions. Everyone is afraid of this. No one wants to talk. I'm DJ and broadcaster Bobby Friction. Our investigation takes us into a dark and dangerous world. It's not what I was expecting. I wasn't expecting them to send me a claim to a murder. We try to track down those who claim they're responsible for one of the biggest killings Punjab has seen for decades. This is World of Secrets.

Season 8, The Killing Call. I knew his voice. I knew that it was him calling. A BBC World Service investigation into a global criminal underworld. If they pay, everything's fine. If they don't, well, then we know what to do to get the money. It's a story of fame, power and vengeance, echoing far beyond India's borders. No, he was not scared. But he always said that, bro, one day I'm going to die with a bullet. I know that.

I know that.