Screengrab of the Facebook post | Photo Credit: Facebook

Mohali: Popular Punjabi singer Parmish Verma and his friend were shot at in Mohali by unidentified people on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, while they were on their way back home from an event. Shockingly, gangster Dilpreet Singh Dhahan has claimed responsibility for the attack, brazenly uploading a status on his Facebook page making the claim. Dhahan uploaded a status stating that he was behind the Mohali shooting and also posted a picture of himself holding a pistol and a photograph of Verma with a cross mark imposed on it. Verma, of the ‘Gaal ni kadni' song fame, and his friend were shot at around 1:30 am on Saturday in Phase 8, Industrial Area, Mohali.

Dhahan's Facebook post read, “Mein dilpreet singh dhahan sariya nu dasna chaunda k ajj parmish verma de goliya bazian apa mariya.(I, Dilpreet Singh Dhahan, want to tell everyone that I am behind the shooting of Parmish Verma). The controversial post has already been shared over 1,000 times on Facebook. Notably, this is the only post on his Facebook page that was uploaded this year with the last post dating back to December 2017. Dhahan happens to be on Punjab Police’s list of most-wanted criminals.

Meanwhile, Verma and his friend were on their way back home after attending a promotional event at a mall in the city when the incident took place. As per a Hindustan Times report, the two were currently undergoing treatment in Fortis hospital in Mahali and were said to be out of danger.

Interestingly, the police is yet to take an action on Dhahan for his post, with sources telling Hindustan Times that they would "go according to their own investigation". Sources also said that another gang, Sampat Nehra group, had also claimed responsibility for the attack and that as per initial investigations, their claim appeared to be stronger than Dhahan's. “We have registered a case and have some leads which we are working on,” SSP Kuldeep Singh Chahal told HT.

Dhahan was previously involved in the killing of Satnam Singh, sarpanch of Khurd village in Hoshiarpur district, who was shot dead in braod daylight outside a gurudwara on April 9, 2017.

