Chandigarh - Acting swiftly against controversial Punjabi pop singer, Sidhu Moosewala, Barnala police on Monday registered criminal cases against him and five police personnel, after a video showing the singer shooting at a firing range went viral on social media.

The cases were registered on directions of Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta, who also ordered  immediate suspension of DSP Headquarters Sangrur, Daljit Singh Virk, pending enquiry on charges of delinquency in duty.

After the video went viral, the DGP directed SSP Sangrur to conduct a preliminary enquiry, which prima facie established that the DSP had facilitated the shooting at the firing range in village Badbar, at a time when the entire state is under curfew. On receipt of the report, a Departmental Enquiry was initiated against the DSP and cases were registered against the accused.

The DGP took a stern view of the DSP’s act of deputing police personnel attached with him at the shooting range unauthorizedly, and acting in a manner unbecoming of an officer.