My husband killed Harshita, says Haryanvi singer's sister

October 18, 2017 23:19

A day after Haryanvi singer and dancer Harshita Dahiya was killed, her jailed brother-in-law has emerged as the main suspect in the crime, according to the police.

Harshita's sister Lata 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.

Panipat police said they will question Harshita's brother-in-law Dinesh in connection with the murder after getting his production warrant from the court in Chandigarh.

"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," said Panipat DSP Desh Raj.

Police said no arrest has yet been made in the case and investigations are underway.

Harshita, a 22-year-old Haryanvi singer, was shot dead yesterday by unidentified assailants at Chamrara village in Haryana's Panipat district.

She was shot when she was on her way back to home in a car at around 4 pm after completing her performance at a function in village Chamrara, police had said.

"Dinesh, my husband," alleged Lata, when she was asked who could be behind the murder of her sister Harshita.

"He got her (Harshita) killed because she was a witness in the murder of her mother," Lata claimed in Panipat while talking to reporters today.

Police said Dinesh had allegedly threatened to kill Harshita a few months back.

"Her brother-in-law was already charged with the murder of Harshita's mother. He was facing several criminal cases and was already in jail," said Desh Raj.

Harshita's mother was killed in 2014 in Delhi and the singer was the prime witness in the murder case, police said.

Meanwhile, seven to eight bullet injury marks were found during the postmortem of Harshita's body. -- PTI

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