Days after the murder of Haryana singer, Harshita Dahiya, her brother-in-law has accepted to be behind her murder during interrogation.
Haryana Police have taken Dahiya's brother-in-law in custody for four days, informed Dy SP Panipat Desh Raj.
Dahiya, a local singer and dancer, was shot dead on Tuesday by unknown assailants when she was leaving after a program in Panipat's Israna.
“When she was returning, a black car overtook her vehicle near Chamrara and forced it to stop,” Panipat DSP Desh Raj had said. He said 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.
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The assailants fired seven bullets of which six hit Harshita’s forehead and neck, killing her on the spot, police said, adding that the youths fled the scene after killing her. She was on her way home at around 4:15 p.m. when the incident occurred.
A murder case had been registered and investigations were underway, the DSP said. Harshita was living in Narela in Delhi.
(With PTI and ANI inputs)
