Controversial Deaths Of Punjabi Industry's Stars

 

Amar Singh Chamkila & Amarjot

The popular but controversial Punjabi singer was shot dead at the age of 26 along with his co-singer Amarjot while they were performing in Mehsampur village in Punjab in 1988. Chamkila courted several controversies in his time for lyrics that his detractors said promoted infidelity. Chamkila had introduced the paradigm of modern day relationships into Punjabi folk music which had, up until then, restricted itself to singing about legendary heroes, warriors and lovers from Punjabi folk-tales. Chamkila was warned time and again about his lyrics as most of his songs centered around extra-marital relation. There are many theories about the murders of Chamkila and Amarjot, who was reportedly pregnant at the time of her death. Bullets were pumped into the duo during a show in Punjab. Punjab was at the height of militancy and terrorist groups were blamed for their deaths. Inter-caste tensions and professional rivalry were also attributed as causes of the killings. However, even 23 years the death of Amar Singh Chamkila remains an unsolved crime.

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Veerendra - Punjabi Actor

Veerendra (January 29, 1948 - December 6, 1988) was a Punjabi film star. He is a legend of Punjabi cinema who starred in 25 films in his 12-year career.Veerendra was a cousin of superstar Dharmendra. Veerendra was like a brother to Dharmendra as Dharmendra was not only born in Phagwara at the same home as Veerendra but he also completed his education while staying with the family of Veerendra. Veerendra was assassinated on 6 December 1988 during the shooting of Jatt Te Zameen in talwandi kalan. Many people believe he was shot dead because he was in all Punjabi movies being made, and others became jealous.

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Dilshad Akthar - Punjabi Singer

He was killed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police in Gurdaspur district during a performance for a marriage party. The drunk DSP insisted him to sing a song, nachchi jo saade naal, by Hans Raj Hans but Akhtar refused as the song belongs to another singer. Provoked over refusal, the officer snatched AK-47 from his bodyguard and fired on Akhtar. The DSP was not convicted and was set scot free from charges. Singers like Kuldip Manak fought in parliament and fought for rights f0r other Punjabi singers after Dilshad Akthar death. Which also, failed. Due to corruption in the parliament.

Ishmeet Singh - Singer

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Ishmeet Singh was a winning singer on the STAR Plus show Amul STAR Voice of India. Hailing from Model town, Ludhiana of Punjab, Ishmeet won the Star Plus show in 2007 and also participated in another reality show called Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. In July 2008 Ishmeet visited to the Maldives with fellow Star Voice of India contestants Sumitra and Vyom for a concert that was to be held on 1 August 2008. He was found drowned on 29 July 2008 in the hotel's swimming pool.Ishmeet Singh was staying at the Chaaya Island Dhonveli resort in Male.

His family demanded an enquiry due to possible manslaughter as his accomplices watched him drown and the event management company may have failed to "manage" the event properly. Webnewswire conducted an in-depth investigation on his death and suggested that there was foul play.The Punjab government ordered a police probe. The final post-mortem report will not be released before the viscera results are received.

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Ishmeet's family have listed their concerns on the Ishmeet Singh Foundation website. His father, Gurpinder Singh, and uncle, Charan Kamal Singh, recently paid a three-day visit to the Maldives to investigate "unexplained" head injuries. His family members had earlier said that the post-mortem and forensic laboratory reports stated death was by drowning but later stressed "under noticed" injury marks on Ishmeet's forehead and temple. According to a report by ADK Hospital, Maldives, where Ishmeet was taken after his death, a linear cut on the forehead was recorded. The post-mortem report in India also mentions a blood clot, "hematoma", under the skin behind the right eye and bloody froth in the nostrils and the mouth.

"We have inspected every nook and corner of the resort and the pool from every possible angle," said Charan Kamal Singh, a pathologist in Ludhiana. "The pool has no pointed surface that could lead to such an external injury," Ismeet's uncle stressed, "his injuries show inflammatory change. Inflammatory alterations cannot take place after a person's death and nor in a swimming pool. These injuries could have taken place only when he was outside the pool. Ishmeet was living but unconscious when he was slipped into the pool," he claimed.

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According to The Indian High Commission, Maldives... Narayan Swami, first secretary, Indian high commission in Maldives, was not in the country while Ishmeet's family visited the Indian high commission there. However, Mr Thomas, the official spokesperson of the high commission told us, "Ishmeet's father and two uncles had visited Maldives. They met the police authorities and have requested for further enquires about the incident. So, the Indian high commission in Maldives has forwarded the family's request for further enquiries into the matter to the government of Maldives. The letter has already been forwarded. We are taking appropriate steps now, following Ishmeet's family's request." The case was investigated by CBI, who approached Professor T D Dogra of AIIMS for opinion.