Haryanvi Folk Singer Mamta Sharma Found Dead in Rohtak

New Delhi: A Haryanvi singer was found dead in Rohtak’s Baniyani on Thursday morning.

Mamta Sharma, a resident of Kalanur village, had gone to attend an event on January 15, according to a Times of India report.

Her son, Bharat, lodged a complaint with the police after she did not return home. "Suspecting foul play, I had lodged a missing complaint ", said Bharat was quoted as saying.

Police are examining her phone call details and hope to solve the case soon.

This incident comes months after another Haryanvi singer, Harshita Dahiya, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Chamrara village in Haryana's Panipat district.

Dahiya was shot when she was on her way back home in a car after her performance at a function in the village.
She was killed by four men on the direction of her brother-in-law and notorious gangster Dinesh Karala, police had said.