Chandigarh: Harshita Dahiya, Haryanvi singer and dancer, was on Tuesday shot dead by unidentified assailants in Panipat district of Haryana. Harshita was returning after a performance in a village, police said.
The incident took place around 4.30 p.m.
She was shot five-six times from close range while she was coming back in a car from Chamrara village in Israna block of Panipat, police said.
Three others in the car were also there. But they were not targetted by the assailants, who came in a black car.
"When she was returning, a black car overtook her vehicle near Chamrara and forced it to stop," Panipat DSP Desh Raj 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, according to PTI.
Harshita, famous for Haryanvi 'Ragini' songs, belonged to neighbouring Sonepat district. She had earlier had posted a mobile video on social media recently in which she had pointed out that she was getting death threats but said she was not afraid.Harshita, 22, was living in Narela in Delhi.
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