Police to question singer Parmish Verma for ‘paying’ extortion money to gangster Dilpreet

Dilpreet told interrogators that Verma paid Rs 10 lakh to him through his contacts after the April attack and promised to pay more.

With Parmish Verma having paid Rs 10 lakh as extortion money to Dilpreet, the Mohali police plan to question the Punjabi singer.

Parmish Verma is a famous Punjabi singer. (HT File)

Dilpreet told interrogators that Verma paid Rs 10 lakh to him through his contacts after the April attack and promised to pay more. “If Parmish has given the money then it’s a concern because he didn’t inform us,” a police official said.

Dilpreet and his gang got half of the ₹10 lakh paid by Verma and the remaining amount was retained by a person in the US through whom the money was routed. Verma, 31, and his friend Kulwant Singh Chahal were shot at when they were returning from an event in Chandigarh around midnight on April 14.

Dilpreet had claimed to be behind Verma’s shooting. Dhahan uploaded a status on his Facebook page, along with a picture of himself holding a pistol and another picture of Verma with a cross drawn on it.

Verma and his friend were shot on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday in Mohali while they were on their way back home after attending a promotional event at Elante Mall in the city.