A day after Haryanvi singer and dancer Harshita Dahiya was shot dead by unknown assailants at Chamrara village in Haryana’s Panipat district, her sister accused her husband of committing the crime.
The 22-year-old Haryanvi singer was shot dead on Tuesday at 4 pm by unidentified assailants when she was on her way back to home in a car after completing performance at a function in village Chamrara. Harshita used to live in Narela in Delhi.
Seven to eight bullet injury marks were found during the postmortem of Harshita’s body.
Her sister lata has alleged that her husband Dinesh had got the artist killed because she was the prime witness in their mother’s murder in 2014 in which he is an accused.
“Dinesh, my husband has murdered her,” alleged lata, when she was asked who could be behind the murder of her sister Harshita.
lata while talking to the medipersons in Panipat claimed that he got her (Harshita) killed because she was a witness in the murder of their mother.
Harshita was known for her Haryanvi ‘Ragini’ songs and was also a dancer. Police said that no arrest has yet been made in the case and investigations are underway.
Panipat police will now question Harshita’s brother-in-law Dinesh, who is lodged in Jhajjar Jail in connection with the murder after getting his production warrant from the court here.
“We have applied in the court here for the production warrant of Dinesh who is lodged in Jhajjar jail. After bringing him here, we will question him about the murder,” Panipat DSP Desh Raj told mediapersons.
“Her brother-in-law was already charged with the murder of Harshita’s mother. He is facing several criminal cases and was already in jail,” said Desh Raj.
According to the police officials, Dinesh had allegedly threatened to kill Harshita a few months back. Harshita’s mother was killed in 2014 in Delhi and the singer was the prime witness in the murder case.
A video clip of Harshita has also emerged in which she is seen claiming that she was being threatened by some artists from Haryana industry. On October 12, she had recorded this live video on Facebook.
In the video, she said, “Some people from our industry, our own artists from Haryana are threatening me via phone to enter into a compromise and delete the video, otherwise I will face consequences. I have not said anything wrong. Despite this, people are threatening me. I am not afraid of anybody…”
“I will not delete my video...do whatever you want and I will not delete my live video. I am ‘Jaatni’ (belonging to Jaat community) and I am not afraid of death,” she is heard saying in the video.
When asked about the video, the DSP said, “We are examining the case from all angles. Several police teams are working on it and we will soon crack this case.” DSP added no arrest has yet been made and killers are yet to be identified.
“Four to five police teams including cyber crime cell, CIA are working to crack the case,” said he.
According to the Police, when Harshita was returning home on Tuesday, a black car overtook her vehicle near Chamrara and forced it to stop. Two unidentified youths asked the two assistants and the driver of the singer to come out of the car and later shot her in the vehicle.
As per her post mortem report, there were seven to eight bullet injury marks on the body while three bullets were recovered from it. One bullet was found from the portion below the chest and two in the rear side of the head while rest of the bullets had pierced through the body.
