INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
singer Parmish Verma sustained injuries after he was shot by unidentified assailants on Friday night near his home in Mohali
Police officials said they had rushed to the 'Gaal Ni Kadni' singer's home after they received a phone call from the singer asking for help
In a statement, a top Mohali police official said that the assailants had arrived in a white Toyota Fortuner SUV
The police official said that they were reviewing CCTV footage obtained from the spot as part of the investigation into the incident.Mr
Verma was returning home accompanied by a friend and a bodyguard from an event at Chandigarh's Elante mall
There are conflicting reports about the precise sequence of events of the shooting
Initial reports had suggested that the singer was shot in the leg by the assailants after he had sent his bodyguard home.News agency IANS
later reported that a white Hyundai Creta car had followed the singer's Toyota SUV from Chandigarh
The car then stopped in front of Mr Verma's SUV near Sector 74 in Mohali, which is when the assailants shot at the singer.Mr Verma's friend
was injured from the shooting as well.The singer and his friend were both rushed to Fortis Hospital in Mohali soon after
images on his Facebook post in which he claimed responsibility for the shootingThe incident took place at around 12.30 am, according to the
police official."Some unidentified persons fired shots at Parmish last night at Sector 91 in Mohali when he was returning home," Mohali
Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Chahal told news agency PTI.At around 4 am the same day, Dilpreet Singh Dhahan, a local gangster,
took to social media to claim responsibility for the shooting.In a Facebook post, the gangster said that Mr Verma was "tried his best to
escape, but eventually suffered." The gangster said in the post that he had "warned" the singer, saying that their "face to face" meeting
had cost him.In the post, the gangster also said that the singer had a choice of whether he wanted to "listen to others."The gangster also
said that Mr Verma was "lucky to be alive".The gangster shared two images in the Facebook status, with one image showing the gangster posing
Singh Dhahan said Punjabi singer Parmish Verma was "lucky to be alive"The post was shared on Facebook more than 2,000 times and received
over 5,000 likes.The gangster's motive to claim responsibility for the shooting was unclear.Apart from Dilpreet Singh Dhahan, members of the
Sampat Nehra gang have also claimed responsibility for the attack, according to news agency IANS.After the gangster's Facebook status
emerged, police officials have said they would investigate the incident from this angle as well.A First Information Report or FIR has also
been registered against unknown individuals.News agency IANS has also said that Mr Verma will likely be provided with police protection
after the shooting.The singer's popular 'Gaal Ni Kadni' song has over 118 million views on YouTube.(With Inputs From Agencies)
