Fans, family mourn untimely demise of Sufi singer Manmeet Singh

Tribune news service
Amritsar, July 14

A pall of gloom and despair descended over the family and friends of Sufi singer Manmeet Singh, who died in the cloudburst incident in Dharamsala. Heart-rending scenes were witnessed as his body was cremated on Wednesday evening at his native village. Amid the outpour of condolences, the family members of Manmeet grappled with his unfortunate death.

A resident of Chheharta, Manmeet 31, was a Sufi singer who sang with his younger brother Kiranpal Singh, also known as KP. The duo, famous as Sain brothers, had gone to Dharamsala along with six others over the weekend. Now, as the tragedy befell, Manmeet is survived by his wife Manpreet Kaur and two children — Ranbir and Amijot.

Manmeet and Kiranpal began their musical journey at a young age, singing in school festivals and later in college youth festivals. Learning music from Manmohan Kaur, a senior faculty from Khalsa College and a radio artiste, the two brothers started their professional music career four years ago by performing at deras and folk festivals. Sain brothers had released their first commercial song ‘Duniyadari’ in 2020 which got them global recognition. Their inspiration was the legendary Wadali brothers and they had met Padma Shri Puran Chand Wadali on several occasions.

The family members, including Manmeet’s father Shankar Sukhdev Singh, mother Kuljit Kaur, sister Navjit Kaur were in a state of mourning and refused to talk to mediapersons.