Controversy surrounds baby born to 58-year-old mother in India whose adult son died in 2022

Mr Balkaur Singh holding his newborn son while sitting next to a photo of his late son Shubhdeep, or Sidhu Moose Wala, a popular singer who was killed in 2022. PHOTO: BALKAUR SINGH/X
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NEW DELHI – When 60-year-old Balkaur Singh announced the birth of his son on March 17, it set off celebrations beyond just his village of Moosa, in the northern state of Punjab.

Mr Singh and his wife, Mrs Charan Kaur, 58, had successfully undergone in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) to welcome a baby boy some two years after the violent death of their 28-year-old rapper son, Shubhdeep, popularly known as Sidhu Moose Wala.

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