In a shocking development, famous Punjabi singer and actor Parmish Verma was shot at by some assailants. Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Chahal had this to say about the incident, "Some unidentified persons fired shots at Parmish last night at Sector 91 in Mohali when he was returning home. A bullet hit his leg." The singer who has been hospitalised immediately following the shooting is reportedly out of danger.

Parmish Verma had shot to fame with the single Gaal Ni Kadni that made him quite an icon in the Punjab pop music culture. Some of his other popular songs are “3 Peg Sharry Mann”, “Le Chakk Main Aa Gaya”, “Kache Pakke Yaar” etc.

He had also made his debut in Punjabi cinema with Rocky Mental and had recently won the Best Debut (Male) at the PTC Punjabi Film Awards. The role also gave him an opportunity to play the lead role in the Punjabi remake of the Bollywood blockbuster Singham, that starred Ajay Devgn and was directed by Rohit Shetty.

Ajay Devgn himself had announced the project on his Twitter handle. Check out the tweet below,

Parmish later took to Instagram to thank Ajay Devgn as he shared the poster of the film. He wrote, “It’s a Proud moment to say that I’ll be Playing #Singham in its Punjabi Remake, that itself is a Cult in Bollywood. #AjayDevgan Sir’s Production in association with Kumar Mangat ji and proudly co produced by Omjee.” Here's the post.

Now that the singer-actor is out of any danger, we do hope that he gets back on his feet and bring out the Singham in him.

Coming back to the shooting, reports say that a wanted gangster, Dilpreet, has claimed responsibility for the attack. Dhahan had uploaded a status on his Facebook account with a picture of himself holding a pistol with Verma's picture with a cross drawn on it next to it. The caption 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).” A case has been registered in this regard, police said, adding that investigation was underway.

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