Ishmeet Singh Sodhi

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Name = Ishmeet Singh Sodhi


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Ishmeet Singh Sodhi
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Born = birth date|1989|9|2
Ludhiana, India
Died = Death date and age|2008|07|29|1989|09|02
Chaaya Island Dhonveli, Maldives (drowning)
Instrument = Vocalist
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Genre = Playback singing, Indian classical music
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 2007–2008
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Associated_acts = Amul STAR Voice of India
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Ishmeet Singh Sodhi (September 2, 1989 – July 29, 2008) was winner of Amul STAR Voice of India 2007. Hailing from Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Singh had won the Star Plus show in 2007. He also participated in another Reality Show called Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar. Ishmeet's first album was a religious Gurbani album called Satgur Tumre Kwaaj Saware. Singh drowned in Maldives on July 29, 2008.

Education

Singh received his schooling from Guru Nanak Public School, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana. He was a second year student of the MNC College in Mumbai, pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce.

Star Voice of India

Singh was among the top two finalists on Amul STAR Voice of India and was crowned the winner on November 24, 2007, beating Harshit Saxena and Abhas Joshi. He was given the winner's trophy by the singer Lata Mangeshkar. [ [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Voice_of_India_winner_drowns/articleshow/3303144.cms 'Voice of India' Ishmeet Singh drowns in Maldives] ] He was also one of the contestants of Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar, a singing reality show on Star Plus and represented the Champions' team. He was eliminated on June 20, 2008.

Death

In July 2008, Singh went on a visit to the Maldives with fellow Star Voice of India contestants Sumitra and Vyom for a concert that was to be held on August 1, 2008. He died on July 29, 2008, drowning in the hotel's swimming pool. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Reality_show_star_Ishmeet_Singh_drowns_in_hotel_swimming_pool/articleshow/3303269.cms Reality show star Ishmeet Singh drowns in Maldives] ] Ishmeet Singh was staying at the Chaaya Island Dhonveli resort in Male. [ [http://delhidekho.com/cms/index.php/Newsflash/Ishmeet-Singh-the-Voice-of-India-drowns.html Voice of India Ishmeet Singh drowns in Maldives] ]

Many believe that there might be a possible manslaughter as his accomplices watched him drown or the failure of event management company to "manage" the event. The family have demanded a probe. The final post-mortem report will not be released before the viscera results are received. The Punjab government has ordered a police probe. [ [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080801/jsp/nation/story_9629168.jsp Ishmeet probe] . The Telegraph, Calcutta. August 1 , 2008.]

Webnewswire had done an indepth investigation on his death and suggest that there was foul play. They have published a story entitled "Was Ishmeet Singh murdered?", which raised several questions. These include: The Organiser, Post-mortom Report, Lack of witnesses, Recent accidents, etc. [ [http://www.webnewswire.com/node/445325 Was Ismeet Singh murdered?] . Webnewswire. July 31 , 2008.]

Family members of Ishmeet Singh, winner of the Voice of India reality show, claim they have gathered evidence from the Maldives where the young singer died suggesting foul play in his death.

Ishmeet, 19, died under mysterious circumstances in a swimming pool at the Chaaya Island Dhonveli beach resort in Maldives on July 29. He had gone there to perform in an event.

His father, Gurpinder Singh, and uncle, Charan Kamal Singh, recently paid a three-day visit to the Maldives to try and find more into the "unexplained" head injuries found on Ishmeet.

His family members had earlier said that the post-mortem and forensic laboratory reports stated the reason of his death as drowning, but they are now stressing on the so-far "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, "haematoma", 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," the 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.

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.”

External links

* [http://www.peopleforever.org/nfhomepage.aspx?nfid=687 Ishmeet Singh] on PeopleForever.org
* http://www.IshmeetSingh.net

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