Sister of Harshita Dahiya, a 22-year-old singer from Haryana who was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Chamrara village in Panipat district on Tuesday, has alleged that her husband had orchestrated the murder.
She was killed by my husband because she was a witness in my mother's murder case, Lata said.
Lata's husband is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail over charges of rape filed by Harshita in 2013. He is also accused in the murder of her mother in 2015.
Harshita Dahiya was shot when she was on her way back home in a car at around 4 PM after her performance at a function in the village, police said.
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"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.
The assailants fired seven bullets and six bullets hit Harshita's forehead and neck, resulting into her on the spot death, police said, adding that the youths fled the scene after killing her.
The Panipat Police on Wednesday began investigation in the case.
The body of the deceased singer has been sent to the mortuary at a general hospital.
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(Inputs from agencies)
