Punjabi music industry loses another gem: Karamjit Singh Dhuri passes away in an accident

The name who took Punjabi folk music to another level, Karamjit Singh Dhuri is no more between us. The 80-year-old ace singer expired in a road accident near Amargarh town on Sunday.
Around noon, Karamjit Dhuri was allegedly returning from Bargain Village to Dhuri, when a motorcycle hit his two-wheeler from behind. According to the police, the singer was sitting on the pillion seat while his companion, Inqilab Singh was riding the vehicle.The Amargarh deputy superintendent of police, Palwinder Singh Cheema also allegedly added that as soon as the singer was rushed to a private hospital in Patiala, the doctors declared him dead. On the other hand, Inqilab Singh reportedly suffered minor injuries.
Karamjit gifted some of the best folk songs to the world like ‘Rab Naal Thagian’, ‘Hoondia Shaheed Jorhian’, ‘Nanak Dukhiya Sadh Sansar’ ‘, ‘Mitran Di Loon Di Dali’ and many more. Punjabi poet Gurbhajan Singh Gill paid tribute to Dhuri and said, “He sang folk songs for over 30 years during cultural programmes at Kila Raipur sports festival. Dhuri was a student of author Sant Singh Sekhon and studied at Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib”