Haryana singer's brother-in-law confesses to murder; sent to 4-day custody

Panipat: The brother-in-law of Haryana singer Harshita Dahiya accepted during interrogation that he was behind her murder, Deputy superintendent of Police, Desh Raj said on Friday.

Haryana Police has sent Dinesh, brother-in-law of Dahiya to 4-day police custody.

Dahiya was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Chamrara village in Haryana's Panipat district on Tuesday.

Sister of Harshita Dahiya had on Wednesday accused her husband of killing the Haryanvi singer.

"Harshita was killed by my husband because she was a witness in my mother's



murder case," Lata, sister of Dahiya, said.

Lata's husband, Dinesh, has been accused of murdering her mother. In a police complaint filed in 2014, Dahiya had also accused him of raping her, according to reports.

Dahiya, a local singer and dancer, was shot dead when she was heading home around 4:15 pm after her performance at a function in a village in Panipat's Israna.

A doctor said about seven to eight bullet wounds were found on Dahiya's body.

Dahiya, a resident of Nahra-Nahri village of Haryana's Sonipat, was living in Narela in Delhi.