Lata Dahiya, the sister of Harshita Dahiya, stepped forward on Wednesday and alleged that her husband, Dinesh is behind Harshita’s murder. She told ANI, ‘She (Harshita) was killed by my husband (Dinesh) because she was a witness in my mother’s murder case.’
22-year-old, Haryanvi singer Harshita Dahiya was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Chamrara village in Haryana’s Panipat district on Tuesday, 17 October, at around 4 pm, when she was on her way back home in a car after a performance at a function in the village. According to Dr Rajeev Maan, during the post-mortem, three bullets were recovered from her body, two from the head and one from the chest. A team has been formed and the investigation is underway.
The Indian Express quoted Panipat Superintendent of Police Rahul Sharma as saying that the police suspect Harshita’s brother-in-law, Dinesh, who is currently lodged in Haryana’s Jhajjar jail, of having played a role in the murder.
Earlier, Harshita had accused Dinesh of raping her. Dinesh is also accused in the murder of her mother. Harshita was a witness in that case. Dinesh killed Dahiya’s mother because she witnessed Dinesh raping Harshita. Dinesh abducted and raped Harshita in 2014. When her mother was about to appear as the prime eyewitness, she was killed inside the family’s house in Delhi.